Gender Differences, Risk and Probability Weights in Financial Decisions

Numerous studies have shown that decision makers do not usually treat probabilities linearly. Instead, people tend to overweight small probabilities and underweight large probabilities. The purpose of this research is to investigate whether women weigh probabilities differently than men. Besides tha...

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Main Authors: Loo , Angie Yi Zhen, Yu , Ting, Kean , Siang Ch′ng
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: School of Social Sciences 2015
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/37604/1/sspis_2015_ms261_-_274.pdf