This study examines the role of actual and perceived financial sophistication (i.e., financial literacy and confidence) for individuals' wealth accumulation. Using survey data from the German SAVE initiative, we find strong gender- and education-related differences in the distribution of the two...

Am Kapitalmarkt agierende Investoren zeigen Verhaltensweisen, die dem klassischen Verständnis von einem rational handelnden Individuum (Homo oeconomicus) widersprechen. Hierzu zählt auch das Phänomen des Dispositionseffektes. Der Dispositionseffekt führt zu einer schlechteren Wertentwicklung...

We investigate the determinants of a household's decision on whether to invest in risky financial assets. Financial theory suggests that with increasing labor income risk, the reluctance of households to hold stocks increases. We propose to measure income risk as the observed variation of...