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We survey 2,484 U.S. individuals with at least $1 million of investable assets about how well leading academic theories describe their financial beliefs and personal investment decisions. The wealthy’s beliefs about financial markets and the economy are surprisingly similar to those of the...
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) 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 variables and their effects on wealth: As financial literacy rises … become strongly underconfident with higher education, while men remain overconfident. Regarding wealth accumulation, we show …
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Using the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), a large micro-level dataset on households’ wealth in fifteen … holds risky assets. The ownership rates of all asset categories generally increase with wealth (and income). The … significance of inheritances for wealth accumulation is remarkable and underlines its key role in the process of persistent wealth …
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wealth and investment in health. Financial literacy is also correlated with wealth though it appears to be a weaker predictor …
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