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Time Perspective & Financial Literacy 31 July, 2014. Agenda. Why we did the study How we did the study Results Applications. Why we did the study. Why we did the study. Why we did the study. Why we did the study. Marketing rarely focuses on product value
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Time Perspective & Financial Literacy 31 July, 2014
Agenda • Why we did the study • How we did the study • Results • Applications
Why we did the study • Marketing rarely focuses on product value • Products are frequently complex • Complexity usually means expensive
Why we did the study • How do people make financial decisions? • Is financial literacy sufficient to be financially healthy?
How we did the study • Zimbardo Time Perspective Inventory (36 questions)
How we did the study • Time Perspective • Professor Zimbardo (Stanford Prison Experiment) • Past, Present & Future • We all have an approach to time – it impacts our decisions
How we did the study • Traditional financial literacy quiz • Self-assessment of financial literacy (scale of 1 – 7)
How we did the study • Bankruptcy, foreclosure, non-bank borrowing
How we did the study • Over 3,000 people
Results • Traditional financial literacy (acumen) can not be used to predict financial health • Time perspective is correlated to financial health
Results • Financial Health Rankings:
Applications • Improving financial health requires a more balanced time perspective • There are many public policy, educational and economic consequences
Applications • And there are more
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