Irrational Behaviour and Stock Investment Decision. Does Gender Matter? (original) (raw)

2021, Revista Gestão Inovação e Tecnologias

The research aims to examine the influence of irrational behaviour on stock investment decision, specifically, anchoring, disposition effect, home bias, herding, overconfidence and the risk perception. The research further investigates the moderating role of gender between irrational behaviour and stock investment decision. Finally, it reveals which irrational behaviour is most prevalent. A survey collected the primary data from 425 individual investors. The survey evidence shows that, of six irrational behaviours, anchoring, disposition effect, overconfidence and risk perception were influence the investment decision of individual investors, and risk perception comes out to be the significant irrational behaviour on stock investment decision. It further explores that gender has a significant moderation for anchoring, disposition effect, herding, overconfidence, risk perception, and stock investment decision. We recommend that if individuals are aware of the behavioural biases, it w...