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Managing one's personal finances: Are women more overconfident than men?

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  • Hermansson, Cecilia

    (Department of Real Estate and Construction Management, Royal Institute of Technology)

  • Jonsson, Sara

    (Stockholm University, Stockholm Business School)

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We investigate gender differences in overconfidence in managing one’s personal finances and find that women are more overconfident than men in this context. Overconfidence decreases with educational level for both genders, however, the decrease is larger for men.

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  • Hermansson, Cecilia & Jonsson, Sara, 2020. "Managing one's personal finances: Are women more overconfident than men?," Working Paper Series 20/1, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:kthrec:2020_001
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    Keywords

    overconfidence; education; gender; personal finances;
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    JEL classification:

    • G40 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - General
    • G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
    • G53 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Financial Literacy
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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