Financial Risk Attitude and Behavior: Do Planners Help Increase Consistency?

Eric Park () and Rui Yao ()
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Rui Yao: University of Missouri

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2016, vol. 37, issue 4, No 9, 624-638

Abstract: Abstract This study is the first to evaluate the effect of sources of information on households’ consistency between their risk attitude when making savings and investment decisions and risk behavior displayed when they do save and invest. As the responsibility is being shifted to individuals to save for their own financial future, it is important that individuals and households save and invest in a manner that is consistent with their financial risk tolerance. Financial planners were found to provide significant value to households on the consistency of their financial risk attitude and behavior. The implications of this work are far-reaching in the financial planning arena.

Keywords: Financial behavior; Financial planner; Risk tolerance; Survey of consumer finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-015-9469-9

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