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Household financial decision making

In: Handbook of Financial Decision Making

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  • Sumit Agarwal
  • Nithin Mannil

Abstract

We survey the literature studying household financial decision making. Our chapter would focus on how households make decisions regarding their consumption, savings, investment and borrowing. We explore the basic theoretical foundations underpinning each household decision followed by a summary of important empirical results in the literature. We discuss studies that fall within following four themes - 1) how households deviate from the utility maximizing rational behaviour while making financial decisions; 2) role of government, central banks, regulators, financial institutions and external factors in influencing household decisions; 3) household heterogeneity in financial decision making; and 4) similarities and differences in household behavior across countries and between developed and developing countries. We also look at how recent development in fintech has revolutionized the way households interact with fintech platforms in lending, payments, investments and trading.

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  • Sumit Agarwal & Nithin Mannil, 2023. "Household financial decision making," Chapters, in: Gilles Hilary & David McLean (ed.), Handbook of Financial Decision Making, chapter 18, pages 375-410, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:21126_18
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