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knowledge. We also show that for a large part of students whose self-assessed financial knowledge has improved we do not find an …
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matters and their financial knowledge, especially their ability to properly assess the riskiness of assets. Behaviorally, we …
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an overview of theoretical research, which casts financial knowledge as a form of investment in human capital …. Endogenizing financial knowledge has important implications for welfare, as well as policies intended to enhance levels of … financial knowledge in the larger population. Next, we draw on recent surveys to establish how much (or how little) people know …
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This paper analyses the role played by financial literacy in savings decisions and wealth decumulation. The broad evidence shows that (elderly) households do not decumulate their assets as they age, contradicting the standard life-cycle theory, which predicts that households should decumulate...
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demonstrate a modest financial knowledge and can be categorized as a literate (bankable) group. The functional financial literacy …
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, savings and stock market participation are interconnected decisions. However, to the best of our knowledge, a theoretical …
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This paper examines the ability of financial advice provided by sellers of financial services to substitute for financial literacy of customers. I set up a simple theoretical model in which an informed financial advisor communicates with a less informed customer of financial services. Given the...
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financial literacy, financial knowledge and risk appetite among higher education students (n=1,743), as well as the factors … does not depend on either the level of their knowledge of finance and economics or on their perception of their own … financial knowledge and competence. Excessive risk aversion may prevent the leveraging of financial opportunities and may act as …
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Novel evidence is provided indicating that the influence from family (parents and partners) and peer social interaction on individuals’ stock market participation vary over different types of individuals. Focusing on distinct features of concern for the social interaction process, results...
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This paper analyzes the state and impact of financial literacy in a so far largely neglected group: the middle class in emerging economies. This group is of increasing importance for implementing structural change, including the proper use of sophisticated financial products. We survey middle...
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