International Journal of Application on Economics and Business
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2023): February 2023

The Effects of Demographic Factors on Investment Decision: Financial Literacy and Behavioral Bias as Mediating Variables

Alwina Salim (Faculty of Economics & Business, Universitas Tarumanagara)
Ignatius Roni Setyawan (Faculty of Economics & Business, Universitas Tarumanagara)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Feb 2023

Abstract

In society after COVID-19 Pandemic, awareness on financial well-being is on the rise and many attempts to achieve it through investment. But, to invest means to make decision among numerous alternatives and risks. This research aims to find out how investment actors’ demographic factors, financial literacy, and behavioral bias affect the investment decisions they make, where it highlights upon a point still rarely disclosed: whether financial literacy and behavioral bias are able to mediate the relationship between demographic factors and investment decision. The result for SEM-PLS analysis of 151 young investment actors below the age of 25 and adult investment actors of 25 years old and above shows that behavioral bias can act as a mediator while financial literacy cannot; demographic factors that is addition of family members, financial management behavior of financial literacy, and behavioral bias in the form of overconfidence all have a positive and significant effect as well. These findings give the implication that responsibilities towards one’s family, as well as financial behavior and self-confidence, play a noticeable role on investment decision.

Copyrights © 2023






Journal Info

Abbrev

ijaeb

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

Description

International Journal of Application on Economics and Business (IJAEB) contains articles on the following topics: Entrepreneurship studies, Business studies, Management studies, Accounting studies, Economics ...