We investigated 34 empirical studies aimed at examining the capital structure determinants in firms operating in Poland to test to what degree the financing patterns were steady during the observed period (2001-2012). Specifically, in conducting the survey we were motivated by the following...

The link between financial attitudes and financial market behaviour is well-documented. Yet, little is known about the role of financial knowledge and skills – i.e. main components of financial literacy – for shaping financial attitudes, especially from a gender perspective. Our study...

Professional advice can be perceived as a means to tackleshortcomings in the objectively measuredfinancial literacy ofconsumers. However, most studies suggest that lessfinanciallyliterate individuals are less likely to seek experts'financial advice.At the same time, it has been shown...

To meet general objectives of the article, i.e. to check the extent to which the information needs of financial market institutions are satisfied, and to learn about whether there is a transition in this realm triggered by the advent of social media and big data, we surveyed a sample of 415...

Despite growing literature on financial literacy, little is known about the linkages between its key components. Based on a nationally representative sample of adult Poles (N=1,004) and applying a structural equation model, we examined the relationships between financial knowledge, skills,...

The Warsaw Stock Exchange is still an immature market. According to many articles dealing with the problem of applying risk assessment models to the Polish stock market, techniques like the CAPM are still inadequate for young, developing, illiquid markets like the Polish one. In this paper, we...