Financial Decision-Making Across the Lifespan: Insights From Neuroeconomics

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Camelia M. Kuhnen

doi:10.1146/annurev-financial-090524-120814

July 31, 2025Annual Review of Financial Economics

Financial Decision-Making Across the Lifespan: Insights From Neuroeconomics

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Key Points

Neuroeconomics reveals that age significantly impacts financial decision-making processes in the brain, underscoring its influence.
Insights from past experiences and context are crucial in shaping how individuals make financial choices over their lifespan.
This review examines how finance research integrates findings from neuroeconomics to enhance understanding of decision-making.
Continued exploration of these intersections may lead to more effective financial strategies tailored for different age groups.

Implication

Review highlights how context and age affect financial decision-making, suggesting future directions for finance research.

Abstract

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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synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1aacc54b1d3bfb60e3692 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-financial-090524-120814

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