When uncertainties matter: the causal effect of cryptocurrency investment on retirement hardship withdrawals

Z Bai, P Wang, H Zhang - Finance Research Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Cryptocurrencies are invested in by approximately 15% of US households. However, the
high volatility of these assets poses substantial financial risks, particularly as 40% of US …

Allowing early access to retirement savings: Lessons from Australia

N Wang-Ly, BR Newell - Economic analysis and policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments around the world introduced
policies aiming to provide citizens with financial relief through early access to their …

Determinants of early-access to retirement savings: Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

H Bateman, LI Dobrescu, J Liu, BR Newell… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - Elsevier
Australian regulations strictly limit early withdrawals from retirement plan accounts.
However, in 2020, the Government made otherwise illiquid plan balances temporarily liquid …

Why does subjective financial literacy hinder retirement saving? The mediating roles of risk tolerance and risk perception

LTM Nguyen, PT Nguyen, QNN Tran… - Review of Behavioral …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine a mechanism through which subjective
financial literacy can exert negative effects on the retirement saving intention and behaviors …

Early pension withdrawals in Chile during the pandemic

OM Fuentes, OS Mitchell, F Villatoro - Journal of Pension Economics …, 2024 - cambridge.org
At the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, and with one of the largest and best-funded defined
contribution programs in Latin America, Chile held over USD 50 bn from the system. This …

Gender differences in financial knowledge overconfidence among older adults

KT Kim, S Lee, H Kim - International Journal of Consumer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores gender differences in financial knowledge overconfidence among older
adults using the 2016 Health and Retirement Study. We find that older females have …

Predicting savings adequacy using machine learning: A behavioural economics approach

MAZ Alam, CC Yong, N Mansor - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a machine-learning-based method that can predict individuals' savings
adequacy in the presence of mental accounting. The proposed predictive model perceives …

How Overconfident Financial Knowledge Hinders Retirement Planning? Mediating Analysis and Heterogeneity of Retirement Funding Sources

F Chen, Y Fan, G Jiang, J Chen - SAGE Open, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Under the background of general financial knowledge confidence and insufficient retirement
planning, this study investigates the relationship between overconfident financial knowledge …

Job loss during COVID‐19 on early retirement withdrawals: A moderated‐mediation analysis

H Zheng, S Roll, M Despard - Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the impact of COVID‐19‐related job loss on early retirement
withdrawals, highlighting the roles of financial hardships, subjective well‐being, financial …

A decomposition analysis of racial/ethnic differences in financial knowledge and overconfidence

ST Lee, KT Kim - Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2022 - Springer
Financial knowledge is often referred to as the key to improving one's financial decisions.
Because of the evident racial/ethnic disparities in wealth, income, and financial wellbeing, it …