Why do women invest differently than men?

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 7, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-10

  Bajtelsmit, Vickie L ^a   Bernasek, Alexandra ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Individual investors; Investment; Pensions; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878296161     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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