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Independent Women: Investing in British Railways, 1870-1922

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  • Acheson, Graeme
  • Campbell, Gareth
  • Gallagher, Aine
  • Turner, John D.

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The early twentieth century saw the British capital market reach a state of maturity before any of its global counterparts. This coincided with more women participating directly in the stock market. In this paper, we analyse whether these female shareholders chose to invest independently of men. Using a novel dataset of almost 500,000 shareholders in some of the largest British railways, we find that women were much more likely to be solo shareholders than men. There is also evidence that they prioritised their independence above other considerations such as where they invested or how diversified they could be

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  • Acheson, Graeme & Campbell, Gareth & Gallagher, Aine & Turner, John D., 2020. "Independent Women: Investing in British Railways, 1870-1922," QBS Working Paper Series 2020/02, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:qmsrps:202002
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3590224
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • N23 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - Europe: Pre-1913

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