This timely text overviews theories, concepts, and contexts relating to the emerging field of behavioral economics. Research theories and data gathered across psychology, sociology, marketing, finance, and other relevant disciplines are synthesized to identify and elaborate on the defining...

Financial counseling and education becomes more important in the recent economic crisis. Financial ratios quantify household financial well-being and can provide a quick and easy way to identify household financial strengths and weaknesses. Using the survey method, this study investigates the...

This chapter provides a synthesis of the research literature on the relationship between money and happiness. Money refers to income and income-related factors. Happiness is typically measured by life satisfaction, but also by daily happiness and living a meaningful life. Based on research...

The objective of this study is to examine the association between debt holding and subjective wellbeing using data from China. In recent years, consumer credit markets have been emerging and Chinese households have started to borrow for consumption. Some statistics show warning signs that...

Purpose: To investigate the roles of financial literacy, financial behavior, and financial capability as mediating factors between financial education and financial satisfaction.Methodology: The data is from the 2012 National Financial Capability Study, a large national dataset with rich...