Abreu, MargaridaSilva, Paula Cristina Oliveira Pereira2022-01-062022-07-062021-10Silva, Paula Cristina Oliveira Pereira (2021). "Gender behavioral differences among Portuguese individual investors". Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade de Lisboa. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão.http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22937Mestrado Bolonha em Economia Monetária e FinanceiraThe purpose of this study is to determine if gender differentiates financial decision-making among Portuguese individual investors. We investigate gender differences in financial literacy, risk preferences, and in three relevant investors’ behavioral biases: overconfidence, disposition effect, and loss aversion. For this purpose, we use data from a questionnaire-based survey conducted by CMVM as our data set for the period of June 2018 to August 2018. A total of 2282 participants responded, of which 81.81% were men and 18.19% were women. In the empirical work, to measure the significant association of the gender differences in the context of the mentioned variables, we have used non-parametric tests. The results confirm significant differences between men and women. Findings suggest that men have a higher level of financial literacy, while women reveal more risk aversion than men. The predisposition of exhibit disposition effect is only relevant when other characteristics are considered, in that case, women are more prone to present it than men. When it comes to overconfidence, we find gender differences, but the results depend on the dimension studied.engBehavioral FinanceDecision MakingGenderBehavioral BiasesProbitmaster thesis