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Knowing What Not To Do: Financial Literacy and Consumer Credit Choices
We analyze whether the frequent use of credit lines is rational or influenced by behavioral traits of households. We consider the special case of Germany where credit lines on current accounts are available to 80% of the population. We document that the excessive usage of costly credit lines is more likely for people who give intuitive but incorrect answers in the Cognitive Reflection Test. Our analysis of a rich sample of household data also provides evidence that a higher level of financial literacy can help to improve consumer credit choices.
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Englisch
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2014: Evidenzbasierte Wirtschaftspolitik - Session: Causes and Consequences of Financial (Il)literacy ; No. G10-V2
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Wirtschaft
Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
Household Saving; Personal Finance
Education and Research Institutions: General
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Jaroszek, Lena
Dick, Christian D.
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Veröffentlichung
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ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Kiel und Hamburg
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2014
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- Konferenzbeitrag
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- Jaroszek, Lena
- Dick, Christian D.
- ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Time of origin
- 2014
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