Paul Gerrans

The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School

Crawley, Western Australia 6009

Australia

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1.

Individual Financial Risk Tolerance and the Global Financial Crisis

25th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2012
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2013
Paul Gerrans, Robert W. Faff and Neil Hartnett
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, Corvinus University Budapest and University of Newcastle
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financial risk tolerance, global financial crisis, investment choice, risk aversion, FinaMetrica

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The Role of Undergraduate Personal Finance Education in Financial Literacy, Financial Attitudes and Financial Behaviours

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 14 Dec 2014
Paul Gerrans and Richard A. Heaney
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School and University of Western Australia
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Financial literacy, financial education, undergraduate education, financial attitudes and behaviour

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Retirement Savings Investment Decisions: Evidence from Malaysia

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Mar 2014
Nurasyikin Jamaludin and Paul Gerrans
School of Maritime Business and Management and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School
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Retirement savings, Investments, Investment Choice, Behavioral finance, Malaysia, Religion

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Financial Adviser Anxiety, Financial Literacy and Financial Advice Seeking

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2014
Paul Gerrans and Douglas A. Hershey
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School and Oklahoma State University - Stillwater
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financial advice, financial literacy, financial adviser anxiety, personal finance, retirement planning

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Retirement Savings Investment Choices in Response to the Global Financial Crisis: Australian Evidence

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Retirement Savings Investment Choices in Response to the Global Financial Crisis: Australian Evidence

Australian Centre for Financial Studies - Finsia Banking and Finance Conference 2010
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 12 Jun 2010
Paul Gerrans
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School
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Retirement Savings, Superannuation, Investment Choice, Savings, Pensions

Retirement Savings Investment Choices in Response to the Global Financial Crisis: Australian Evidence

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 37, No. 3, 2012
Posted: 19 Dec 2012
Paul Gerrans
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School

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global financial crisis, investment choice, pensions, retirement savings, superannuation

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The Demand for Advice in Defined Contribution Pension Plans: Age, Gender, and the Size-of-Bet Effect

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Gordon L. Clark, Maurizio Fiaschetti and Paul Gerrans
Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, UCL Institute of Finance and Technology and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School
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Advice, information, decision-making, gender, defined contribution pensions

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Sophistication in Retirement Savings Investment Choices

Australian Centre for Financial Studies - Finsia Banking and Finance Conference 2010
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2013
Paul Gerrans and Ghialy Yap
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School and Edith Cowan University
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investment choice, retirement savings, pensions, superannuation

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When Cognitive Functioning Meets Financial Literacy and Judgment in Older Age: Advising Those Self-Managing Retirement Savings

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Feb 2015
Joanne Earl, Paul Gerrans and Anthony Asher
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Actuarial Studies
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Retirement savings, cognitive ability, financial literacy, financial decision-making, dementia, ageing

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Teaching Financial Literacy at University: Online and Face-to-Face Evaluations

30th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference 2017
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Aug 2017
Paul Gerrans, Elizabeth Ooi and Sue Wright
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School and UTS Business School
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Financial Literacy, Literacy

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Individual Investor Portfolio Performance in Retirement Savings Accounts

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Individual Investor Portfolio Performance in Retirement Savings Accounts

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Apr 2013
Su (Sally) Gan, Richard A. Heaney and Paul Gerrans
The University of Western Australia, University of Western Australia and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School
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retirement savings, investment performance, choice, household portfolios, superannuation, 401(K)

Individual Investor Portfolio Performance in Retirement Savings Accounts

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2015
Posted: 15 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 24 Jan 2017
Su (Sally) Gan, Richard A. Heaney and Paul Gerrans
The University of Western Australia, University of Western Australia and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School

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Household portfolios, investment choice, portfolio performance, retirement savings, superannuation

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Milestone Birthdays and Retirement Investment Behaviour

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Aug 2017
Paul Gerrans, David Pitt and Sirimon Treepongkaruna
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, Financial Research Network (FIRN) and The University of Western Australia
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Milestone age, life-cycle, retirement savings, consumer finance, household finance, birthdays

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Retirement Savings Behaviours and Covid-19: Evidence from Thailand

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 13 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2024
Paul Gerrans, Sunatharee Lhaopadchan and Sirimon Treepongkaruna
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, Kasetsart University and The University of Western Australia
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pensions, retirement savings, investment choice, COVID-19, household finance

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More than Objective Knowledge: Exploring Heterogeneity in Consumer Response to a Financial Education Initiative Across Multiple Domains of Financial Literacy

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Nov 2023
Paul Gerrans, Arvid O. I. Hoffmann, Simon (Si) J. McNair and Jason Pallant
The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, University of Adelaide - Business School, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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financial education, Financial literacy, self-efficacy, latent heterogeneity, latent transition analysis

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Can We Blame Parents, Gender-role Attitudes, or Both for the Financial Literacy Gender-gap?  Exploring Evidence of Gendered Socialisation and Transmission of Financial Skills

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Apr 2025
Ingebjørg Kristoffersen and Paul Gerrans
The University of Western Australia and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School
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Financial literacy, financial transmission, financial socialization, HILDA, gender-role a itudes, gender stereotypes JEL: G53 Financial Literacy, D14 Household Saving, Personal Finance

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The Association between Intelligence and Financial Literacy: A Conceptual and Meta-Analytic Review

Callis, Z., Gerrans, P., Walker, D., & Gignac, G. (2023). The association between intelligence and financial literacy: A conceptual and meta-analytic review. Intelligence, 100, [101781]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2023.101781
Posted: 29 Aug 2023
Zoe Callis, Paul Gerrans, Dana L. Walker and Gilles Gignac
The University of Western Australia - School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia - School of Psychology and The University of Western Australia

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Financial literacy Cognitive ability Intelligence Comprehension knowledge Numeracy

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Financial Literacy Mediates the Effect Between Verbal Intelligence and Financial Anxiety

Personality and Individual Differences 203, 112025, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.112025
Posted: 27 Aug 2023
Gilles Gignac, Paul Gerrans and Camilla Baasch Andersen
The University of Western Australia, The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School and The University of Western Australia Law School

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Financial literacy, Intelligence, Financial anxiety

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Determinants of Seeking Advice within Defined Contribution Retirement Savings Schemes

Forthcoming in Account Finance. DOI/10.1111/acfi.12397
Posted: 22 Sep 2018
Gordon L. Clark, Maurizio Fiaschetti and Paul Gerrans
Oxford University - Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, UCL Institute of Finance and Technology and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School

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financial advice, superannuation and retirement savings, behaviour and behavioural decision-making, retirement planning, gender differences

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Financial Literacy, Financial Judgement, and Retirement Self-Efficacy of Older Trustees of Self-Managed Superannuation Funds

Australian Journal of Management, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2015
Posted: 18 Sep 2015
Joanne Earl, Paul Gerrans, Anthony Asher and Julia Woodside
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Psychology, The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School, University of New South Wales (UNSW) - School of Actuarial Studies and University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Australian School of Business, School of Accounting

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Ageing, cognitive ability, dementia, financial decision-making, financial literacy, retirement savings

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Decision Making Clusters in Retirement Savings: Gender Differences Dominate

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, DOI 10.1007/s10834-012-9334-z
Posted: 17 Sep 2012
Craig Speelman, Marilyn Clark-Murphy and Paul Gerrans
Edith Cowan University, School of Finance and Business Economics and The University of Western Australia - UWA Business School

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Personal finance, Consumer economics, Empirical analysis, Investment decisions, Retirement Savings