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Financial literacy and financial behavior: evidence from the emerging Asian middle class

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Authors and Corporations: Grohmann, Antonia (Author)
Edition: This version: November, 2017
Type of Resource: E-Book
Language: English
published:
Series: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung: Discussion papers ; 1702
Subjects:
Financial literacy
Saving
Borrowing
Household finance
Arbeitspapier
Graue Literatur
Source: Verbunddaten SWB
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Summary: This paper analyses financial literacy and financial behavior of middle class people living an urban Asian economy. Other than most papers on financial literacy that focus on people in developed countries, we surveyed people living Bangkok. Using standard financial literacy questions, we find that financial literacy levels are largely comparable to industrialized countries, but understanding of more advanced financial concepts is lower. Similarly, savings accounts are held by most people, but more sophisticated products are a lot less common. We further show, in line with the literature, that higher financial literacy leads to improved financial decision making.
Physical Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 52 Seiten); Illustrationen