A league of their own

Discussion of “ A League of Their Own ? Financial Analysts ’ Responses to

A league of their own : Female soccer , male legacy and women ' s empowerment

This paper investigates whether male soccer tradition can predict the success of female soccer. Different from the existing literature, this paper utilizes panel data covering 175 countries during the 1991-2011 period, capturing country heterogeneity effects and time trends. An instrumental variable approach is further employed in order to identify causal relation. My findings do not support th...

A Home of Their Own

Minds of their own.

L ike a miniature Segway with eyes, a robot built from 3D printed plastic does laps around a cubicle here at Brain Corporation, having learned in a matter of minutes to avoid bumping into walls as it roams. As eyeRover scoots away, Peter O'Connor, a staff scientist at the robotics software company, steps into its route. Using a remote control unit, he briefly takes control of the foot-tall robo...

A league of their own, too: motivational and age of onset comparisons between American male and female AAS users

Background Non-medical anabolic-androgenic steroid (NMAAS) use among athletes and risk-taking adolescents has monopolized media attention in recent years. Conversely, our large-scale study of almost 2000 American male NMAAS users revealed that the majority of adult were non-athletes who initiated use as adults and were not motivated by athletics. Notably, a small proportion of the sample that c...