Financial Literacy and the Limits of Financial Decision-Making
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Financial Literacy and the Limits of Financial Decision-Making

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Financial Literacy and the Limits of Financial Decision-Making

About this book

This book presents selected paperson the factors that serve to influence an individual's capacity in financialdecision-making. Initial chapters provide an overview of the cognitive factorsaffecting financial decisions and suggest a link between limited cognitivecapacity and the need for financial education. The book then expands on thesecognitive limitations to explore the tendency for overconfidence indecision-making and the interplay between rational and irrational factors.Later contributions show how credit card companies benefit from limitations inconsumer financial literacy, how gender and cognition intersect to play animportant role in financial decision-making, and how to improve financialcapacity through financial literacy and education campaigns, including thoseaddressing developed marketplaces. This comprehensive collection of papers willbe of value to all readers who seek to better understand the multi-factorialand complex nature of personal financial management in today's economicclimate.

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Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9783319308852
eBook ISBN
9783319308869
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Corporate Finance
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures and Tables
  4. Notes on Contributors
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Cognitive Drivers of Suboptimal Financial Decisions: Implications for Financial Literacy Campaigns
  7. 2 A Comprehensive Model of Information Search and Processing Behaviour of Mutual Fund Investors
  8. 3 The Information Search Process of Socially Responsible Investors
  9. 4 Do Investors Show an Attentional Bias toward Past Performance? An Eye-Tracking Experiment on Visual Attention to Mutual Fund Disclosures in Simplified Fund Prospectuses
  10. 5 The Role of Creative Strategy, Ad Disclosure and Regulatory Focus in Investorsā€™ Decision Making: An Experimental Investigation
  11. 6 Socialization and Processing Effects on Comprehension of Credit Card Advertisement Disclosures
  12. 7 Consumer Rationality/Irrationality and Financial Literacy in the Credit Card Market: Implications from an Integrative Review
  13. 8 Psycho-Social Factors Impacting Credit Acquisition and Use by College Students
  14. 9 Factors Affecting Investment Intentions: A Consumer Behaviour Perspective
  15. 10 Factors Influencing Investor Choice of Retirement Funds
  16. 11 The Customer Orientation of Financial Advisers
  17. 12 Gender Stereotyping in Financial Advisorsā€™ Assessment of Customers
  18. 13 Financial Literacy and Financial Literacy Programmes in Australia
  19. 14 Assessment of Behavioural Outcomes of Financial Education Workshops on Financial Behaviour of the Participants: An Experimental Study
  20. 15 Fraud and Its PREY: Conceptualising Social Engineering Tactics and Its Impact on Financial Literacy Outcomes
  21. Index