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Financial Decision-Making Across the Lifespan: Insights from Neuroeconomics

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  • Camelia M. Kuhnen

    (Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA)

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This review article highlights what we know from neuroeconomics regarding the effects of context, past experiences, and age on brain processes involved in decision-making and illustrates how finance research has built on these insights, and how it could continue to do so going forward.

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  • Camelia M. Kuhnen, 2025. "Financial Decision-Making Across the Lifespan: Insights from Neuroeconomics," Annual Review of Financial Economics, Annual Reviews, vol. 17(1), pages 395-410, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:anr:refeco:v:17:y:2025:p:395-410
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-financial-090524-120814
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    JEL classification:

    • D87 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Neuroeconomics
    • G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
    • G5 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance

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