How Men and Women Respond to Failure: Evidence from Chess Tournaments

Julia Engel, a quantitative economist, explains how men and women reacted to losing games in Titled Tuesday. She studied every Titled Tuesday game over two years - nearly 300,000 games - and presents her findings here.

RESEARCH

Julia Francesca Engel

4/23/20261 min read

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