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The University of Western Australia (M250), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Paul Gerrans is a Professor of Finance at The University of Western Australia. Paul’s research focuses on consumer financial decision making, particularly within a retirement savings context, and the role of financial literacy in these decisions. This research has been aided by transaction databases provided by a number of large retirement savings funds. Paul teaches personal finance and financial planning and undertakes related research into financial literacy and financial advice seeking. He has an interest in all aspects of financial literacy with an emphasis on the acquisition of financial literacy by young adults (e.g. undergraduate students) and the interaction of financial literacy and cognitive decline among older adults. Paul has previously been a member of federal government retirement savings advisory bodies and a member of the MoneySmart Teaching Evaluation Steering Committee at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. He is currently a member of the OECD/INFE Research Committee and a member of the OECD's PISA financial literacy expert group.
Managing your Personal Finances, Financial Planning, Funds Management
PhD supervisions (UWA): Inge Kristoffersen "Economic analysis of happiness and satisfaction: selected methodological issues and applications"
(ECU): Nurasykin Jamaludin "Individual retirement savings behaviour: Evidence from Malaysia"
Gerry Croy: "Psychological determinants of retirement savings behaviour: An application of the theory of planned behaviour"
Financial Literacy of Undergraduates;
Insurance Choices in Pension Funds, with Gordon Clark (University of Oxford);
Member Retirement Investment Behaviour and Performance, with Moulang and Feng (Monash University);
The Role of Socialisation in Acquiring Financial Literacy, with Ooi, Sneddon, Kristofferson, Preston (UWA);
Personal values and value expressive behaviour: Estimating Relationships with Quantile Correlation, with Lee and Sneddon (UWA);
Longevity risk aversion, personal values, and the allocation of assets in retirement, with Soutar and Lee (UWA);
Cognitive Decline and Financial Literacy, with Jo Earl (Macquarie);
Individual Investors and International Equity, with Dirk Baur (UWA), Elisabeth Sinnewe (QUT);
Financial Education Interventions and Personal Savings Orientation, with Hoffman (University of Adelaide);
Milestone Birthdays and Retirement Investment Behaviour, with Sirimon Treepongkaruna (UWA) and David Pitt (Macquarie); and
Pensions savings in Thailand with Professor Sirimon Treepongkaruna (UWA) and Dr Suntharee Lhaopadchan (Kasetsart University).
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
INFE Research Committee, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development OECD
PISA Financial Literacy Expert Group, Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development OECD
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Earl, J. (Investigator 01), Gerrans, P. (Investigator 02), Wijeratne, C. (Investigator 03) & Lennon, J. (Investigator 04)
ARC Australian Research Council
28/07/20 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
Gerrans, P. (Investigator 01), Ooi, E. (Investigator 02) & Wright, S. (Investigator 03)
1/12/15 → 30/05/17
Project: Research
Gerrans, P. (Investigator 01)
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
1/07/13 → 30/06/16
Project: Research
Gerrans, P. (Investigator 01)
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
1/07/13 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
Gerrans, P. (Investigator 01), Da Silva Rosa, R. (Investigator 02) & Heaney, R. (Investigator 03)
1/01/13 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
25/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Gerrans, P., Baur, D. & Ooi, E.
16/04/18
1 Media contribution
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Gerrans, P., Feng, J. & Moulang, C.
3/04/18
1 Media contribution
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Gerrans, P., Bateman, H. & Feng, J.
15/04/15
1 Media contribution
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