Subjective house price expectations drive individual housing choices and market dynamics. We study the formation of subjective expectations about local house prices using novel survey data from Britain, a country with high homeownership rates and widely varying local housing dynamics. There is a...

Subjective house price expectations drive individual housing choices and market dynamics. We study the formation of subjective expectations about local house prices using novel survey data from Britain, a country with high homeownership rates and widely varying local housing dynamics. There is a...

We analyze financial literacy regarding interest rates, inflation, and risk diversification in nine Eastern European countries based on survey data collected in the fall 2022. The percentage of individuals with an understanding of all three concepts is generally low but varies strongly among...

Granting a third-party guarantee for a loan does not directly involve a financial transaction. Therefore, guarantors might not understand that they are taking on a liability, albeit contingent. We introduce literacy about guarantees as a novel and distinct aspect of financial literacy. For ten...

Using survey data for ten Eastern European countries, we conduct a cohort-based analysis of how communist ideology affects the gender gap in financial literacy. We show that gender equality in financial literacy does not decrease as the communist legacy recedes

Das Kleinanlegerschutzgesetz aus dem Jahr 2015 soll durch eine stärkere Regulierung für mehr Transparenz für Anlegerinnen und Anleger auf dem »grauen Kapitalmarkt« sorgen. Das Gesetz beinhaltet jedoch auch Ausnahmeregelungen. Diese entbinden sowohl Unternehmen, die sich über eine...