Gender Jeopardy in Financial Risk Taking

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Revisiting gender differences: What we know and what lies ahead☆ (2015, background): “Supporting this, He, Inman, and Mittal (2008) found that, overall, males took more risk than females when making financial decisions, and males' but not females' risk seeking in selecting investments increased when they felt they were more skilled in investing.”
The Influence of Friends on Consumer Spending: The Role of Agency–Communion Orientation and Self-Monitoring (2011, result): “While previous studies demonstrate the role of agency and communion on consumers’ financial risk-taking (He et al. 2008) and donation behavior (Winterich et al.”
Donation Behavior Toward In-Groups and Out-Groups: The Role of Gender and Moral Identity (2009, background): “Although not examined here, gender identity may also be relevant for promotion and prevention focus (He et al. 2008).”
Factors Influencing the Acceptance of Self-Service Technologies (2016, background): “Masculinity is described as an agentic orientation (He, Inman, and Mittal 2008), demonstrating characteristics of assertiveness, competitiveness, focus on maximizing upsides, and functional orientation.”
Gender and risk: women, risk taking and risk aversion (2010, background): “, 2009), challenging the common stereotype and adding to the evidence of gender neutrality in risk propensity in professional management contexts other than portfolio allocation (He et al., 2007; Holt and Laury, 2002).”