Is the Financial Literacy Level of Finance and Law Students the Same?
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Is the Financial Literacy Level of Finance and Law Students the Same?
Original language description
The aim of this paper is to examine whether there is a difference in the level of financial literacy between finance students and law students. The financial literacy questionnaire was presented to the students of the Faculty of Economics and Administration and to the students of the Faculty of Law at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. The study was conducted in the academic year 2015/16. The paper shows the results of the comparative analysis examining the difference in financial literacy among sophomore finance students and law students. The measurement of financial literacy consisted of score measuring basic financial knowledge, financial behaviour score, and financial attitudes score following the OECD methodology. The results indicated the need of financial education among both finance students and law students as the comparative analysis showed no statistically significant difference in the financial literacy level between the sophomore students majoring in finance and sophomore students majoring in law.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50206 - Finance
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Conference Proceedings Financial Management of Firms and Financial Institutions
ISBN
9788024841380
ISSN
2336-162X
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
336-341
Publisher name
VŠB-TU of Ostrava
Place of publication
Ostrava
Event location
Ostrava
Event date
Jan 1, 2017
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
000508278200040