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Financial well-being, COVID-19, and the financial better-than-average-effect.


ABSTRACT: At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak we conducted two surveys in the United Kingdom and Sweden (N=2021) regarding how people assess the near future economic situation within their household, nation, and the world. Together with psychological factors related to information processing we link these prospects to financial well-being. We find that, although generally very pessimistic, a substantial proportion of individuals believes that their households' economy will be doing substantially better than the national and global economy, suggesting a "financial better-than-average" effect. Furthermore, we find that the pessimism regarding future household economic situation and being financially ignorant are associated with decreased financial well-being, while the (inter)national economic situation is not. This study shows how contextual factors and personal aspects shape financial well-being during turbulent and stressful times.

SUBMITTER: Barrafrem K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537622 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Financial well-being, COVID-19, and the financial better-than-average-effect.

Barrafrem Kinga K   Västfjäll Daniel D   Tinghög Gustav G  

Journal of behavioral and experimental finance 20201006


At the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak we conducted two surveys in the United Kingdom and Sweden (N=2021) regarding how people assess the near future economic situation within their household, nation, and the world. Together with psychological factors related to information processing we link these prospects to financial well-being. We find that, although generally very pessimistic, a substantial proportion of individuals believes that their households' economy will be doing substantially better  ...[more]

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