Do Women Receive Worse Financial Advice?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bhattacharya, Utpal; Kumar, Amit; Visaria, Sujata; Zhao, Jing
• 署名单位: Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; Singapore Management University; City St Georges, University of London; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF FINANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1082
• DOI: 10.1111/jofi.13366
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: racial-discrimination; GENDER; literacy

摘要

We arranged for trained undercover men and women to pose as potential clients and visit all 65 local financial advisory firms in Hong Kong. At financial planning firms, but not at securities firms, women were more likely than men to receive advice to buy only individual or only local securities. Female clients who signaled high confidence, high risk tolerance, or a domestic outlook were especially likely to receive this suboptimal advice. Our theoretical model explains these patterns as a result of statistical discrimination interacting with advisors' incentives. Taste-based discrimination is unlikely to explain the results.