Identification of Herding Behavior, Overconfidence and Risk Tolerance Based on Gender Perspective on Stock Investors in Aceh
- DOI
- 10.2991/aebmr.k.211124.024How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Behavioral finance; Capital markets; Herding; Overconfidence; Risk tolerance
- Abstract
This study aims to compare herding behavior and risk tolerance between male and female investors in Aceh. The primary data used in this study was collected using questionnaires. The population in this study are investors in Aceh Province, Indonesia with a total sample of 386 respondents. The analytical method used was the Mann Whitney U test. The results show that: 1) There is a difference in risk tolerance between male and female investors in Aceh, 2) There is no difference in overconfidence between male and female investors in Aceh 3) There is a difference herding behaviour between male and female investors in Aceh. Also, advances in information technology, education level, knowledge make gender differences no longer a limitation for investors to feel more confident and brave in making investment decisions. This study is expected to enrich the financial management literature on investor behaviour, increase the number of capital market investors in Aceh through an investor behaviour approach, and a reference for implementing a long-term strategy in determining the capital market regulator in Aceh.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Zaida Rizqi Zainul AU - Irma Suryani PY - 2021 DA - 2021/11/25 TI - Identification of Herding Behavior, Overconfidence and Risk Tolerance Based on Gender Perspective on Stock Investors in Aceh BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Tourism, Economics, Accounting, Management, and Social Science (TEAMS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 157 EP - 164 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211124.024 DO - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211124.024 ID - Zainul2021 ER -