Analyzing the Influence of Self-Esteem and Financial Knowledge on the Financial Behavior (Case study: brokerage of real investors of Eghtesade Novin Bank)

A successful and reasonable financial behavior and return in the capital market require self-esteem and financial knowledge in financial decisions. This research studies the influence of self-esteem and financial knowledge on financial behavior in a sample of 251 members of real investors with an online trading brokerage code in Eghtesade Novin who deal in Tehran Stock Exchange at least twice a weak. It is a descriptive correlation research, and questionnaire has been used to gather data. Data analysis has been done using structural equation modeling in LISREL software. The results show that self-esteem has a positive and significant impact on the financial behavior and mental financial knowledge. In addition, the objective financial knowledge has a positive and significant impact on the mental financial knowledge, but it does not have a positive and significant impact on the financial behavior. As a mediator variable, mental financial knowledge has a positive and significant impact on the financial behavior.