To meet the challenges of an ageing population, eligibility ages for state pensions have increased, early retirement arrangements have been abolished, and a substantial part of the risk and responsibility for an adequate standard of living after retirement has been shifted from the government,...

Die Autoren setzen sich mit Reformoptionen der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge auseinander. Ausgehend von der politischen Diskussion um die aktuelle Verfassung der Alterssicherung in Deutschland geht der Beitrag auf Kritikpunkte an der kapitalgedeckten Altersvorsorge – insbesondere der...

Given the high and rising household debt in Malaysia, the objective of this paper is to ascertain the characteristics of a financially vulnerable individual. Financial vulnerability is measured based on two indicators: the debt-to-income ratio and the level of emergency savings for income shock....

Using novel survey data, we examine attitudes towards money and to what extent they affect economic outcomes in Switzerland. We find that three main types of attitudes towards money co-exist: the prestige and power attitude, the money management attitude and the goal-oriented attitude. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic, due to its prevalence, has affected all spheres of socio-economic life, in particular household finances. The aim of the article is to present the impact of the pandemic on the financial situation of Poles and Slovaks who use robo-advisory services, including their...

Studies noticed that individuals' cognitive, psychological, and behavioral limitations always have some influence in their everyday decision making. And the financial decisions are no exceptions. Perhaps it can be affirmed that individual financial decisions do have cognitive influence. This is...

We survey 231 undergraduate students to analyze how retail investors' characteristics influence their decision to use a robo-advisor. Characteristics such as the willingness to take risk, extraversion, and optimism are significant in univariate tests but the willingness to take risk and the...

Der Beitrag stellt den derzeitigen deutschen und europäischen verbraucherpolitischen Ansatz im Bereich der Finanzdienstleistungen vor. Verschiedene Informationspflichten sind hier das maßgebliche Instrument zur Unterstützung der Entwicklung eines funktionierenden Marktes. Informationsangebote...

We use panel data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey to estimate age-earnings profiles as well as transitory and permanent income shock variances for investor groups distinguished by gender, education and activity rate. Estimation results are then used to stylize several different Swiss investor...