Do information networks benefit households with female heads?

Bose, Udichibarna; Arun, Thankom; Arun, Shoba

doi:10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105613

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“…In a transactional, algorithm‐driven, sense, banks could pay less attention to the business ‘pitch’ and more to the financial fundamentals. On the firm side, our evidence suggests that informal human capital is the more relevant form, and it thus follows that professional training (particularly in financial literacy) would reduce gender bias (Bose, Arun and Arun, 2021).…”

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Conforming to Gender Stereotypes and Entrepreneurs’ Financing Outcomes

Liu

Cowling

2023

British J of Management

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Recent research into the gender aspects of small business financing has shown that in crisis periods, banks actively reward female entrepreneurs with privileged access to loans because they put forward more realistic and cautious funding proposals compared to hubristic male entrepreneurs. We build on this research by considering in greater detail how broader gender differences in entrepreneurial confidence play out in the context of bank lending. Further, we also question whether banks treat overconfident female entrepreneurs differently from their overconfident male counterparts. Our findings show that on average there is no discrimination, but if a female entrepreneur dares to exhibit overconfidence then this changes.

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