The Role of Financial Literacy in Modern Finance
A special issue of Journal of Risk and Financial Management (ISSN 1911-8074). This special issue belongs to the section "Economics and Finance".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 911
Special Issue Editors
Interests: empirical corporate finance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to contribute to this Special Issue of JRFM, dedicated to the role of financial literacy in modern finance.
Rational behavior is a crucial assumption in financial theory; however, as economic agents are human, their decision-making may be flawed due to psychological and behavioral biases. Predictions of financial outcomes need to be corrected for these biases, and the corrections will be larger to the extent that decision makers lack financial literacy.
It is difficult to overstate the importance of financial literacy, as it contributes to individuals’ and households’ economic mobility, businesses’ survival rates and value maximization, and the viability of public policy. These outcomes combine to have a non-negligible effect on market behavior and the overall functioning of the economy.
This Special Issue will extend the existing literature by exploring how financial literacy and financial education influence individual and household decision-making, corporate and institutional financial well-being, financial policy, market behavior, and the overall functioning of economies.
Topics of interest include the following:
- Individual and household decision-making: the impact of financial literacy and education on individual and household behavior, including saving, borrowing, investment, and retirement planning.
- Corporate and institution financial well-being and financial policy: the role of financial literacy and education in shaping corporate and institutional financial decisions, governance, and policies.
- Market behavior: the impact of financial literacy and education on market behavior, such as price movements, market efficiency, and investor sentiment.
- Overall functioning of economies: the effect of financial literacy and education on the broader financial system, labor market, and innovation as well as technology.
Dr. Minxing Sun
Dr. Maryna Murdock
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- financial literacy
- financial education
- individual and household decision-making
- corporate and institution financial well-being
- market behavior
- overall functioning of economies
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