Examining committee:Michael Hibbard, chair

In a time of global economic uncertainty, maintaining a financial environment where consumers are protected from risk and continue to have opportunities to create wealth should be critical for governments, business and administrators. A financially capable population could therefore be the key...

Individuals' decisions and subsequent actions flow from their understanding of the surroundings in which they operate. In order to facilitate economic and financial sustainability, individuals need the cognitive ability to understand financial information in the context of these surroundings....

The main goal of this paper is to determine the empirically analyse the relationship between financial literacy and investment strategy of individual investors from the underdeveloped capital market of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The OECD INFE Core Questionnaire (2011) was mainly used for measuring...

Artículo de revista ; The Survey of Financial Competences shows that men are better at answering financial literacy questions than women. This article documents the magnitude of the gender gap in this area, reviews the hypotheses that, according to the academic literature, might explain the...

Incluye referencias bibliográficas ; Este trabajo tiene un doble objetivo. En primer lugar, se presenta un análisis actualizado de las diferencias entre los países de la zona del euro en las distribuciones de varias medidas de deuda condicionadas a las características de los hogares. Se...

La evidencia internacional ha documentado brechas de género en conocimientos financieros en múltiples países y grupos demográficos. Aunque la mayoría de los estudios analizan por qué las mujeres saben menos, estas brechas también podrían reflejar un comportamiento diferencial por género...