Professor Panayiotis Andreou panayiotis.andreou@durham.ac.uk
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Financial knowledge among university students and implications for personal debt and fraudulent investments
Andreou, P.; Philip, D.
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Professor Dennis Philip dennis.philip@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
The study is the first attempt to examine financial literacy, financial aptitude and behaviour among university students in Cyprus. The student survey covers 881 Cypriot students, aged mostly 18-24, across the five biggest universities in Cyprus. The financial knowledge scale used in the survey measures the understanding of basic concepts including interest rates, inflation, risk and diversification. Results show that 6.24% of students answered all questions correctly, with only 36.9% having a good financial knowledge proficiency level (answering at least 4 correct responses out of 6). While socio-demographic characteristics and students’ soft skills and traits distinguish high financial knowledge students, strikingly, parental background and parental advice does not seem to play an important role for high financial knowledge. Financial knowledge is also seen to have a distinct channel of influence on students’ understanding of managing their credit card debt and students’ ability to deter themselves from fraudulent investments.
Citation
Andreou, P., & Philip, D. (2018). Financial knowledge among university students and implications for personal debt and fraudulent investments. Cyprus economic policy review, 12(2), 3-23
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 1, 2018 |
Publication Date | Dec 31, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Nov 9, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 18, 2019 |
Journal | Cyprus economic policy review |
Print ISSN | 1450-4561 |
Electronic ISSN | 1450-457X |
Publisher | University of Cyprus, Economics Research Centre |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 3-23 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1314352 |
Publisher URL | http://www.ucy.ac.cy/erc/en/publications/cyprus-economic-policy-review |
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