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Finanças comportamentais: um estudo da influência da faixa etária, gênero e ocupação na aversão à perda

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: This study has as its main goal to verify if gender, age and occupation have any influence at loss aversion level. The results taken are based in collected data through questionnaire applied to 516 professionals and students in the accounting area. The problems used are based on the questionnaire developed by Kahneman and Tversky in 1979. In Study I - Analysis of Students and Professionals x Gender, the goal was to verify if the gender has any influence in their loss aversion. In Study II - Analysis of Students and Professionals x Age, the goal was to be able to know if the age range has any influence in the loss aversion. In the so-called Study III - Students Analysis versus Professionals Analysis found that the occupation of the respondents influences the level of loss aversion. The results of three studies show evidence of influence of age, gender and occupation the level of loss aversion.

Source: Revista de Contabilidade e Organizações

DOI: 10.11606/rco.v4i8.34756

Authors: Clayton Levy Lima de Melo, César Augusto Tibúrcio Silva

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade de Brasília

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Subfield: General Decision Sciences

Field: Decision Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1963721874

FWCI: 0.224

Cites: 10

Cited by: 17

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