Saving and Financial Planning: Some Findings from a Focus Group

Posted: 5 Mar 1996

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Arthur B. Kennickell

Federal Reserve Board - Department of Research & Statistics

Martha Starr

Greylock McKinnon Associates; Independent

Annika E. Sundén

Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

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Abstract

This paper summarizes the results of a focus group on saving and financial planning. The group consisted of eight individuals with relatively high income and wealth. The savings behavior of such people is of interest partly due to their large contribution to total personal saving. The participants expressed concerns about how their circumstances will change as they age, and about uncertainties in income and health. While these concerns are consistent with theories emphasizing life-cycle and precautionary motives, the idea that saving involves self-control was also mentioned repeatedly.

JEL Classification: D91, E21

Suggested Citation

Kennickell, Arthur B. and Starr, Martha and Starr, Martha and Sundén, Annika E., Saving and Financial Planning: Some Findings from a Focus Group. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=31209 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.31209

Arthur B. Kennickell

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Martha Starr

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Annika E. Sundén

Stockholm University - Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) ( email )

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