Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households

This dissertation has used data from two Australian superannuation funds to explore how behavioural biases influence decision making within retirement savings schemes. Overall, the findings reveal that members within retirement savings schemes succumb to behavioural biases, and, that these biases ma...

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Main Author: Bebbington, Christopher Anthony
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95645
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description This dissertation has used data from two Australian superannuation funds to explore how behavioural biases influence decision making within retirement savings schemes. Overall, the findings reveal that members within retirement savings schemes succumb to behavioural biases, and, that these biases may detrimentally impact their ability to adequately finance their retirement lifestyles.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-956452024-08-05T06:16:56Z Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households Bebbington, Christopher Anthony This dissertation has used data from two Australian superannuation funds to explore how behavioural biases influence decision making within retirement savings schemes. Overall, the findings reveal that members within retirement savings schemes succumb to behavioural biases, and, that these biases may detrimentally impact their ability to adequately finance their retirement lifestyles. 2024 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95645 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Bebbington, Christopher Anthony
Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households
title Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households
title_full Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households
title_fullStr Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households
title_full_unstemmed Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households
title_short Their Own Worst Enemies: Behavioural Finance and the Investments of Australian Households
title_sort their own worst enemies: behavioural finance and the investments of australian households
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95645