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Hosain, Sajjad - 2018

Bitcoin is a digital cryptocurrency that has attracted substantial interest in recent years from the general people …, after 2015, it has succeeded to gain even more attention for increase in value and volume of exchange. The Bitcoin system … and present status of bitcoin blockchain in different countries around the world. The various aspects this technology in …

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The Us Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen : An Evaluation of Their Present and Future Status as International Currencies

Beckmann, Rainer - 2010

The paper evaluates the present and future international currency status of the US dollar, the euro and the yen. In section two the functions, benefits, and costs of a leading international currency are discussed. In section three key determinants for the continuous dominance of the US dollar...

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The Cost of Capital in Markets with Opaque Intermediaries and the Risk-Structure of Interest Rates

Mierzejewski, Fernando - 2009

The demand for cash balances of financial intermediaries that establish contractual liabilities with credit-sensitive customers is characterized. As stated by Merton, the success of the business activities of such firms crucially depends on their credit quality, and hence, they are obliged to...

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Financial Literacy and Savings Account Returns

Deuflhard, Florian; Georgarakos, Dimitris; Inderst, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Savings accounts are owned by most households, but little is known about the performance of households’ investments. We create a unique dataset by matching information on individual savings accounts from the DNB Household Survey with market data on account-specific interest rates and...

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Inequalities in the Financial Inclusion in Sri Lanka: An Assessment of the Functional Financial Literacy

Heenkkenda, Shirantha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper explores the existing pattern and the levels of disparity of the functional financial literacy in the Sri Lankan context. The study, mainly using quantitative data, selected the sample representing the three main settlement types: urban, rural and estate sector using multi-stage...

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Endogenous financial literacy, saving and stock market participation

Spataro, Luca; Corsini, Lorenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

There is a consolidated empirical literature providing evidence of the fact that financial literacy, human capital, savings and stock market participation are interconnected decisions. However, to the best of our knowledge, a theoretical explanation of such connections is missing. In this paper...

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Determinants of short term invetment decision making

Akhtar, Muhammad Naeem; Rehman, Kashif-Ur-; Hunjra, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

asymmetry on the shortterm investment decisionmaking of the stock market investors. For this purpose 23item questionnaire was … factors have a significant effect on the shortterm investment decisionmaking. Results also indicate that individual investors …

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Pension reform, financial literacy and public information: a case study of the United Kingdom

Whitehouse, Edward - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

Consumers in most countries are generally not well informed about pensions. Both general facts about the structure of the pension system and specific data on their own pension entitlements are lacking. Many people, as a result, might have unrealistic expectations of their retirement incomes. But...

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Targeting the unbanked-financial literacy's magic bullet?

Tatom, Jojn; Godsted, David - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Adult financial illiteracy is a major problem in the US and elsewhere. Financial fraud and poor performance in managing personal finances go hand in hand. The nation’s bankruptcy and home mortgage foreclosure rates rate have continued to climb despite improving employment opportunities, rapid...

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Financial Prudence among Youth

Pillai, Rajasekharan; Carlo, Rozita; D’souza, Rachel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Frugal expenditure habit is no less important than the basic illiteracies such as reading, writing and arithmetic. Present day youth are seemed to show callous expenditure, being independent, competitive and free-of-behaviour, that eventually lead them perpetually in debt. The present study...

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