Financial literacy's effect on elicited subjective discount rate

Eyal Lahav, Mosi Rosenboim, Tal Shavit

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Abstract

Financial illiteracy is a well-known, international problem. The current study investigates if learning basic fundamentals of cash flow capitalization affects time preference. The findings indicate that this knowledge does dramatically decrease preference for the present.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1360-1368
Number of pages9
JournalEconomics Bulletin
Volume35
Issue number2
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance

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