Gender differences in investment preferences among young professionals in the National Capital Region

Date of Publication

2009

Document Type

Bachelor's Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major in Management of Financial Institutions

Subject Categories

Finance and Financial Management

College

Ramon V. Del Rosario College of Business

Department/Unit

Financial Management

Thesis Adviser

Alfredo M. Santoyo

Defense Panel Member

Angelito Bala
Brendy Ocampo Tan
Krisitne Mae Lagdameo

Abstract/Summary

The paper attempts to explore how men and women differ in their individual investment preferences. Although there are some studies for the investors in developed countries, the subject has been overlooked in emerging and underdeveloped countries. Therefore, this study is one of the first empirical studies exploring the investment behaviors of men and women by focusing on an emerging country, Philippines. For the purpose to find out how investment preferences of men and women differ towards four investment tools, namely, bank deposits, mutual funds, common stocks, and insurance, a discriminant analysis and a logistic regression are exercise. The results revealed that while men investors prefer common stocks and mutual funds to invest in, which signifies that men are risk taker women investors are more risk averse and invest in bank deposits. There is no significant difference between men and women in insurance investment.

Abstract Format

html

Language

English

Format

Print

Accession Number

TU21703

Shelf Location

Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F, Henry Sy Sr. Hall

Physical Description

70 leaves : illustrations (some color)

Keywords

Investments--Philippine--Case studies; Mutual funds--Philippines

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