Adventures in stocks, losses in love: The effect of stock market risk-taking on divorce

Jinyu Yang, Dayong Dong and Chao Liang

Finance Research Letters, 2025, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: We examine whether and how risk-taking in the stock market affects future divorce rates. Using Chinese stock trading data and provincial divorce data, we find that risk-taking in the stock market significantly increases future divorce rates. Further analysis concludes that risk-taking positively affects future divorce rates by increasing wealth shocks. Our findings suggest that economic-financial activities have a large impact on real-world issues.

Keywords: Risk-taking; Divorce; Wealth shocks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.106550

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