Category: Money

Study suggests providing information about higher repayments in credit card statements encourages that

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From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Providing information about higher repayments in a credit card statement, in addition to or instead of the usual minimum repayment… Read more »

Study suggests people are more likely to reject the money of those whom they have a low opinion of

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From the University of Granada press release via EurekAlert!: Research done in the Universities of Granada (Spain), Freiburg (Germany) and University College London (UK) has demonstrated that when we have… Read more »

Study suggests childhood environments may affect financial decisions in hard times

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: In the face of hard times, which strategy gives us the best shot at survival: saving for the future or spending resources… Read more »

Study looks at how quality of financial decision-making can be affected by family ties

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From the University of Lincoln press release via AlphaGalileo: People make more rational economic decisions on behalf of strangers and distant relatives than they do for close family members or… Read more »