금융지식이 금융행동에 미치는 영향

Using the survey data, this study analyzes how the characteristics of the respondents are related with financial knowledge, and how the characteristics and financial knowledge affect the financial behaviors. The main results are as follows. First, the respondents with male, higher education, white-collar jobs, and high-value asset characteristics mark higher scores on financial knowledge questionnaire. Second, the financial consumers with higher financial knowledge scores clearly prefer the more aggressive financial instruments, and they regard that returns are more important than principal preservation. Financial knowledge does not seem to significantly affect the duration of the investments and the expected returns. Third, the higher the score of financial knowledge survey, the more self-directed the financial decision making, and when encouraged to buy financial products, the more likely they recognize their own responsibilities. Fourth, the relationship between financial knowledge and savings rate is not so clear. However, the higher the financial knowledge score, the better economically prepared for old age, and the more private pensions such as the pension savings or the pension funds are purchased. Fifth, respondents with higher financial knowledge score use the debt more actively, and their proportions of financial assets and real estate assets in total wealth are respectively higher and lower than the average. Sixth, financial knowledge has a significant impact on the acceptance of fintech products such as Internet banking, RoboAdvisors, simple payment service, and cryptocurrencies.