Saturday, July 5, 2008

Financial Psychology of Worry and Women

I thought this group would enjoy reading my current=A0working paper on=A0ne=
gative emotion, gender, learning, and money management. The paper is entitl=
ed "The Financial Psychology of Worry and Women." I believe my paper has an=
indirect link to the learning process for women in the sciences.=0A=0AThe =
abstract of the paper is available at:=0Ahttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers=
..cfm?abstract_id=3D1093351=0A=0AAlso, if you scroll down the webpage you ca=
n download a PDF file of the paper.=0A=0A=A0=0AMy paper makes a connection =
to=A0the=A0learning and behavioral=A0process in=A0two major aspects:=0A=0A1=
) The notion of math anxiety and gender: Women that experienced =93math anx=
iety=94 during their childhood are more likely to have a fear of investing =
during their adulthood.=0A=0A2) The link between child development and gend=
er. My review incorporates about seven studies that documents girls worry t=
o a greater degree than boys during different phases of their educational y=
ears.=0A=0AAll the best,=0A=0AVictor Ricciardi=0A=0AContact information:=0A=
=0AVictor Ricciardi=0AAssistant Professor of Finance=0AKentucky State Unive=
rsity=0A=0ASSRN Coordinator: Behavioral & Experimental Research=0AThe Socia=
l Science Research Network at www.ssrn.com=0A=0Avictor.ricciardi@yahoo.com =
=0A=0AElectronic copies of my papers are available from my author page at t=
he SSRN Electronic Library at:=0Ahttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu=
th.cfm?per_id=3D262799=0A_________________________=0A=0AEditor, SSRN Behavi=
oral & Experimental Finance Journal:=0Ahttp://www.ssrn.com/update/fen/fen_b=
ehav-exper-fin.html=0A_________________________=0A=0ASocial Science Electro=
nic Publishing, Inc. (SSEP)=0A=0ASee our web pages at:=0A=0AHome Page: http=
://www.ssrn.com=0AElectronic Library: http://papers.ssrn.com=0ABrowse SSRN =
Electronic Library: http://ssrn.com/browse=0ASSRN User Headquarters: http:/=
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