An
Empirical
Analysis
Linking
a
Person’s
Financial
Risk
Tolerance
and
Financial
Literacy
to
Financial
Behaviors
Jamie
Wagner
Ph.D.
Student
University
of
Nebraska
Lincoln
Abstract
Financial
risk
aversion
can
affect
how
one
behaves
financially.
Are
people
who
take
more
financial
risks
more
likely
to
have
an
emergency
fund,
own
a
home,
be
a
saver,
and
have
good
credit
card
behavior?
This
paper
uses
the
2009
FINRA
data
set
to
examine
how
risk,
financial
literacy,
and
demographic
characteristics
affect
the
likelihood
that
a
respondent
has
an
emergency
fund,
owns
a
home,
is
a
saver,
and
has
good
credit
card
behaviors.
Results
from
the
paper
show
that
a
person’s
self-‐reported
financial
risk
score
has
a
positive
effect
only
on
whether
or
not
the
individual
has
an
emergency
fund
but
not
the
other
three
dependent
variables.
Financial
literacy
positively
affects
owning
a
home
and
having
good
credit
card
behaviors.
Financial
risk
tolerance
depends
on
the
person’s
willingness
and
ability
to
take
on
the
risk.
That
ability
to
take
on
the
risk
is
thought
of
as
the
person’s
wealth
and
financial
knowledge.
Implications
of
this
paper
suggest
that
financial
behaviors
may
be
driven
more
by
a
person’s
ability
to
take
on
financial
risks
rather
than
their
willingness
to
take
on
the
financial
risk.
An
Empirical
Analysis
Linking
a
Person's
Financial
Risk
Tolerance
and
Financial
Literacy
to
Financial
Behaviors Jamie Wagner Ph.D. Student University of Nebraska Lincoln Abstract Financial risk aversion can affect how one behaves financially. Are people who take more financial risks more likely to have an emergency fund, own a home, be a saver, and have good credit card behavior? This paper uses the 2009 FINRA data set to examine how risk, financial literacy, and demographic characteristics affect the likelihood that a respondent has an emergency fund, owns a home, is a saver, and has good credit card behaviors. Results from the paper show that a person's self-‐reported financial risk score has a positive effect only on whether or not the individual has an emergency fund but not the other three dependent variables. Financial literacy positively affects owning a home and having good credit card behaviors. Financial risk tolerance depends on the person's willingness and ability to take on the risk. That ability to take on the risk is thought of as the person's wealth and financial knowledge. Implications of this paper suggest that financial behaviors may be driven more by a person's ability to take on financial risks rather than their willingness to take on the financial risk.
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