Barnea, Amir; Cronqvist, Henrik; Siegel, Stephan - In: Journal of Financial Economics 98 (2010) 3, pp. 583-604
Using data on identical and fraternal twins' complete financial portfolios, we decompose the cross-sectional variation in investor behavior. We find that a genetic factor explains about one-third of the variance in stock market participation and asset allocation. Family environment has an effect...