Women oppose sin stocks more than men do

Paweł Niszczota and Michał Białek

Finance Research Letters, 2021, vol. 41, issue C

Abstract: We experimentally test whether men and women differ in their propensity to hold morally controversial (“sin”) stocks. Participants (N = 335) were recruited via Mechanical Turk and rated the moral appropriateness and level of comfort resulting from holding controversial and conventional stocks. Results show that women rate sin stocks as less morally appropriate investment propositions and feel considerably less comfortable investing in controversial (but not conventional) stocks. Sex differences in sin stock tolerance were substantial (d = .60) and remained significant after accounting for differences in investment knowledge and risk tolerance. We discuss two important outcomes of these differences.

Keywords: Behavioral finance; Experimental finance; Sin stocks; Socially responsible investing; Investment funds; Sex differences; Moral inclinations; Judgment and decision making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2020.101803

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