Does knowledge of finance mitigate the gender difference in financial risk-aversion?

Global Finance Journal - Tập 24 - Trang 140-152 - 2013
Ann Marie Hibbert1, Edward R. Lawrence2, Arun J. Prakash2
1West Virginia University, United States
2Florida International University, United States

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