Economic Preferences and Personality Traits Among Finance Professionals and the General Population

IF 3.8 2区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economic Journal Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI:10.1093/ej/uead038

Martin Holmen, Felix Holzmeister, Michael Kirchler, Matthias Stefan, Erik Wengström

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Abstract

Abstract Based on artefactual field experiments, we investigate whether finance professionals differ from a sample of the working population in terms of industry-relevant preferences and personality traits. When adjusting for socioeconomic characteristics, we find only few and less marked differences: finance professionals are less risk averse, less trustworthy, show higher levels of psychopathy and are more competitive than participants from the general population. In an additional survey, experts with hiring experience consider industry selection, self-selection and imprinting by industry norms as explanatory for the observed subject pool differences.

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金融专业人士和一般人群的经济偏好和人格特征

摘要基于人工现场实验，我们研究了金融专业人士在行业相关偏好和人格特征方面是否与工作人群存在差异。当根据社会经济特征进行调整时，我们发现只有很少且不太显著的差异:金融专业人士不那么厌恶风险，不那么值得信赖，表现出更高水平的精神病，比普通人群的参与者更有竞争力。在另一项调查中，具有招聘经验的专家认为，行业选择、自我选择和行业规范的印记可以解释所观察到的主题池差异。

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Economic Journal ECONOMICS-

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6.60

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3.10%

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