The disposition effect and loss aversion: Do gender differences matter?

Holger Rau ()

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 123, issue 1, 33-36

Abstract: This paper analyzes gender differences in the disposition effect in an experiment based on Weber and Camerer (1998). The results emphasize that female investors realize less capital losses, have significantly higher disposition effects and are more loss averse than men.

Keywords: Disposition effect; Experiment; Gender differences; Loss aversion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D81 G11 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.01.020

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