Do women panic more than men? an experimental study of financial decisions
Kiss, Hubert Janos, Rodriguez-Lara, Ismael and Rosa-García, Alfonso (2014) Do women panic more than men? an experimental study of financial decisions. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 52 . pp. 40-51. ISSN 2214-8043 [Article] (doi:10.1016/j.socec.2014.06.003)
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Abstract
We report experimental evidence on gender differences in financial decision-making that involves three depositors choosing whether to keep their money deposited or to withdraw it. We find that one's position in the line, the fact that one is being observed and observed decisions are key determinants in explaining the subjects’ behavior. Our main result is that men and women do not react differently to what is observed. However, there are gender differences regarding the effect of being observed: women value the fact of being observed more, while men value the number of subsequent depositors who observe them. Interestingly, risk aversion has no predictive power on depositors’ behavior.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Economics |
| Item ID: | 14519 |
| Notes on copyright: | © 2014. This author's accepted manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Depositing User: | Ismael Rodriguez-Lara |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Mar 2015 13:29 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2022 23:21 |
| URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/14519 |
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