A Demand-Driven Approach to Financial Education: The Web Encyclopaedia of Financial Scholars in Italy

23 Pages Posted: 23 Feb 2015

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Umberto Filotto

University of Tor Vergata

Caterina Lucarelli

Università Politecnica delle Marche

Francesca Traclò

Fondazione Rosselli

Date Written: February 22, 2015

Abstract

This paper describes a financial education (FE) experiment organized in Italy by the National Association of Scholars on Financial Institutions and Markets (ADEIMF). The international experience of FE programs addressed to children, as well as findings on learning/cognitive attitudes of adults, motivate the choice of a demand-driven approach to FE. From an empirical analysis of FE needs, researchers extracted 15 financial terms and created a corresponding number of FE tools that have been included in an open-access WEB encyclopaedia. Precisely, each word has been explicated by ADEIMF scholars thanks to a homogenous ‘format’, in terms of both video-graphic presentation and length (120 seconds). The format has been designed to comply with the typical time-constraints of adults, as well as to ease/foster their attitude towards knowledge.

The WEB academic encyclopaedia has been disseminated by exploiting a network approach with Italian financial authorities and media. The expected result is an increase of outcomes and efficacy of FE programs in Italy, based on free patterns of knowledge among the academic programs and the other FE tools offered at various levels.

Keywords: Household Saving, Personal Finance, Consumer Protection, Analysis of Education, Educational Finance

JEL Classification: D14, D18, I21, I22

Suggested Citation

Filotto, Umberto and Lucarelli, Caterina and Traclò, Francesca, A Demand-Driven Approach to Financial Education: The Web Encyclopaedia of Financial Scholars in Italy (February 22, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2568383 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2568383

Umberto Filotto

University of Tor Vergata ( email )

Via di Tor Vergata
Rome, Lazio
Italy

Caterina Lucarelli (Contact Author)

Università Politecnica delle Marche ( email )

Piazzale Martelli 8
Ancona, 18039
Italy
0039.071.2207196 (Phone)
0039.071.2207253 (Fax)

Francesca Traclò

Fondazione Rosselli ( email )

Corso Giulio Cesare, 4 bis/B
Torino, 10152
Italy

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