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Showing 1 to 20 of 140 for “"financial literacy"”.
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Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation in Sweden
… reforms and an ever-increasing sophistication of financial markets have led many households to take more personal responsibility for their own wealth accumulation and investment choices. Previous research has demonstrated that most of households worldwide do not invest in stocks despite the tenets …
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Implications of Financial Literacy on Entrepreneurship in Germany
… crises have highlighted the importance of financial forecasting and planning in the business environment. Both start-ups and established companies need to convince potential investors and lenders by demonstrating the expected return on their investment through correct calculations for their …
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The Design Plan for a Comprehensive Financial Literacy Program
The need for financial literacy among Americans has become a national topic of interest. Economists, financial professionals, educators, and government officials recognize there is an overall deficit of financial knowledge. More specifically, higher education administrators have become increasingly …
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Financial Literacy of College Students: Parental and Peer Influences
A current national concern is the low financial literacy of college students. College students are not receiving the financial knowledge necessary to be successful in today's fast paced economy. Due to an increasingly complex marketplace, college students need greater knowledge about their personal …
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Interjecting Financial Literacy About Credit Cards into the Mathematics Curriculum
… project is designed to interject a focus on financial literacy into an Algebra II class. It will focus specifically on the financial literacy of credit cards. The curriculum involves three lessons about the basics of credit cards and concludes with a project-based learning activity. This …
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Two Essays in Finance: Cultural Finance and Behavioral Financial Literacy
… the values and attitudes of nations influence financial decision-making of countries and companies (Cultural Finance) and how cognitive and social factors influence the financial decision-making of households and individuals (Behavioral Finance).
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Essays on financial literacy, cognitive ability and financial decision-making.
… empirical essays which analyse the impact of financial literacy and cognitive ability on financial decision-making. The first essay examines the relationship between financial literacy and stock market participation in the higher education context. Using a novel survey of Indonesian students, …
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Better member outcomes in superannuation through data driven financial literacy prediction
… are now required to possess sophisticated financial decision making skills in order to safely navigate the many risks and opportunity costs associated with their superannuation. The decisions that savers make regarding their investments will have a significant impact on their retirement …
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Impact of Financial Literacy and Financial Capability on Students' Self-Efficacy
… stressors that exist within this population is financial stress which has led to money being the number one reason students do not persist to graduation. Despite this being one of their biggest stressors, many higher education institutions do not put an emphasis on financial literacy initiatives …
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Exploring the importance of financial literacy within the Capability Approach framework
… dissertation aims to address the importance of financial literacy within the capability approach framework in the context of microfinance institutions’ clients in Indonesia, by raising four main issues. The first touches on financial capability and specifically focuses on its conceptualisation, …
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Assessing the impact of language on the measurement of financial literacy
Research in the field of financial literacy has found that black people and other minority groups, globally, underperform in financial literacy assessments, in comparison to their white counterparts. Multiple factors have been identified in literature, which try to explain the distribution of …
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FINANCIAL LITERACY AND THE FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING OF INDIVIDUALS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
Better access to financial literacy programs in underserved communities has the potential to improve financial decision making and to help individuals and families escape poverty. This multimethod dissertation explores some of the challenges of developing financial literacy programs for underserved …
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Financial literacy and competency of executive nursing leaders: A mixed methods study
… to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Financial Management Competency Self-Assessment (FMCA) in executive nurse leaders (ENLs) and to determine how ENLs develop and apply financial knowledge. Financial literacy (FL) helps in planning, implementing, and evaluating fiscal decisions, but …
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Does Experiential Learning Add Value in Financial Literacy Education: A Qualitative Investigation
<p>According to Marketwatch.com the lack of financial literacy among U.S. citizens has cost upwards of $200 billion over the last twenty years. Besides racking up student loan debt that averaged about $37,172 per student in 2016 (Marketwatch.com) millennials and those in Generation Z are also the …
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Analysis of the influence of cryptocurrency regulation on levels of financial literacy
<p>Using data collected by the National Financial Capability Study (NFCS), a survey by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), this paper investigates the influence of passage of cryptocurrency regulation in U.S. states on levels of financial literacy. Results indicate that living in a …
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Studies in risk perception and financial literacy: applications using subjective belief elicitation
The concept of literacy has grown from “reading literacy” to now encompass many different domain-specific topics and skill sets, such as health literacy, financial literacy, and computer literacy. The way literacy is talked about, examined, measured, and communicated has also evolved. Literacy …
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Financial literacy, use of finance and welfare in post-apartheid South Africa
… access to basic rights, including the right to financial services. This culminated in the marginalisation of economic activities for large parts of the population, and subsequent economic inequality among the population. Guided by the proposition that access to formal finance improves welfare, …
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