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31. Occasional Paper No. 33: Choices of dominated mortgage products by UK consumers

    Occasional papers Published: 04/05/2018 Last modified: 29/01/2021
    As part of the mortgages market study, the FCA wanted to understand the extent to which UK consumers might save money when buying a mortgage and to understand what may be driving some to buy more expensive mortgages. This Occasional Paper

32. Occasional Paper No. 47: Blackbird’s alarm call or nightingale’s lullaby? The effect of tweet risk warnings on attractiveness, search, and understanding

    Occasional papers Published: 13/12/2018 Last modified: 13/12/2018
    We present the results of a series of experiments to investigate the effects of risk warnings in social media adverts on attractiveness, search and understanding.

33. Occasional Paper No. 34: Effects of the advice requirement and intermediation in the UK mortgage market

    Occasional papers Published: 04/05/2018 Last modified: 29/01/2021
    As part of the mortgages market study, the FCA wanted to understand the extent to which UK consumers might save money when buying a mortgage and to understand what may be driving some to buy more expensive mortgages. This Occasional Paper

34. Occasional Paper No. 32: Now you see it: drawing attention to charges in the asset management industry

    Occasional papers Published: 05/04/2018 Last modified: 05/04/2018
    As part of the Asset Management Market Study, the FCA wanted to understand the impact of different ways of presenting charges on investors’ decision-making and their understanding and awareness of charges.

35. Occasional Paper No. 28: Preventing financial distress by predicting unaffordable consumer credit agreements: An applied framework

    Occasional papers Published: 31/07/2017 Last modified: 31/07/2017
    In this paper, we provide theoretical and practical evidence to help develop more effective affordability rules.

36. Occasional Paper No. 20: Can we predict which consumer credit users will suffer financial distress?

    Occasional papers Published: 03/08/2016 Last modified: 19/01/2021
    This paper analyses the prevalence of financial distress, how this distress is related to consumer credit use, and whether financial distress can be predicted.

37. Occasional Paper No. 55: Better the lender you know? Limited attention and lender familiarity in UK mortgage choices

    Occasional papers Published: 10/03/2020 Last modified: 13/03/2020
    This Occasional Paper looks at the effect of brand loyalty when borrowers are choosing new mortgages. 

38. Occasional Paper No. 45: The semblance of success in nudging consumers to pay down credit card debt

    Occasional papers Published: 26/07/2018 Last modified: 20/10/2020
    In this study we study consumer responses to a randomised field experiment on credit card debt repayment.

39. Occasional Paper No. 42: Increasing credit card payments using choice architecture: The case of anchors and prompts

    Occasional papers Published: 26/07/2018 Last modified: 20/10/2020
    In this paper we investigate ways to encourage consumers to repay more of their credit card debt.

40. Occasional Paper No. 44: The conflict between consumer intentions, beliefs and actions to pay down credit card debt

    Occasional papers Published: 26/07/2018 Last modified: 20/10/2020
    In this study we attempt to increase credit card payments through behaviourally-informed disclosures tested in experiments across 3 UK lenders.