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This paper investigates the effect of having a female compared to a male ‘president’ in an economic simulation that was part of an introductory economics course at university. Participating students were randomly assigned into groups of 14 (i.e., simulated countries) and could make several economic decisions. Each of these countries was randomly assigned a female or male president that could make several key decisions affecting their peers such as raising taxes, providing subsidies, and setting price ceiling and price floors. Students were individually graded based on the level of “happiness” (i.e., utility) achieved in the simulation and almost all students exceeded the happiness level necessary to achieve full grades. We find no conclusive evidence that having a female president leads to higher happiness or lower happiness inequality than having a male president.
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Dobrescu, Loretti Isabella and Feld, Jan and Motta, Alberto, The Effect of Female Presidents: Evidence from an Economic Simulation (June 6, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4615492 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4615492
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4615492
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