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dc.contributor.authorFung, L.
dc.contributor.authorDurand, Robert
dc.contributor.editorH. Kent Baker
dc.contributor.editorVictor Ricciardi
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:25:37Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:25:37Z
dc.date.created2014-09-15T03:23:40Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationFung, L. and Durand, R. 2014. Personality Traits, in Baker, H. and Ricciardi, V. (ed), Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing, pp. 99-115. New Jersy, USA, Canada: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31474
dc.description.abstract

Personality captures a person’s essence. Understanding one’s personality helps explain and predict the decisions an individual makes and what a person will do. This chapter focuses on the predominant structural model of personality — the Five-Factor Model — which encapsulates personality using five higher-order traits: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience/Intellect. The Five-Factor Model is rooted in biology and is genetically based. Personality traits are a major aspect of risk taking and overconfidence behaviors. Understanding personality can improve decision-making if it helps to regulate and override dispositional tendencies leading to suboptimal outcomes.

dc.publisherJohn Wiley and Sons, inc
dc.subjectbehavioral finance
dc.subjectbehavioural economics
dc.subjectbehavioural finance
dc.subjectPersonality traits
dc.subjectoverconfidence
dc.subjectbiological basis of personality traits
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectFive-Factor Model of personality
dc.subjectrisk-taking behavior
dc.subjectbehavioral economics
dc.titlePersonality Traits
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage99
dcterms.source.endPage115
dcterms.source.titleInvestor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing
dcterms.source.isbn978-1-118-49298-7
dcterms.source.placeNew Jersy, USA, Canada
dcterms.source.chapter30
curtin.departmentSchool of Economics and Finance
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