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Development of intuition in a new currency, the Euro: The Slovak experience
Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2019-01-25 , DOI: 10.5130/lns.v26i1.6301
Jana Kubascikova , Jeff Evans , Hafiz T.A. Khan

Adaptation to an unfamiliar currency is required regularly of international travellers – and also of citizens of countries changing their currency, such as the 19 (to date) Eurozone members. We report on the currency adaptation process in the Slovak Republic during 2008-2011. We analyse its effects on citizens’ development of price intuition in the euro. Our study draws on Hofmann et al.’s (2007) work, which proposed four different strategies for coping, ranging from direct numerical conversion to developing intuition. We conducted repeated cross-sectional surveys using structured questionnaires in realistic Slovak settings. We describe European and Slovak institutions’ supports for the public, such as dual display of prices, and readily available conversion tables. We found that, whereas the numerical conversion strategy was used most frequently by respondents in the first year, within two years they were already developing intuition in the new currency, especially for frequently bought products. We also investigated the ‘Euro Illusion’, the extent to which Slovak citizens, in their evaluation of prices, may have been influenced to make decisions based on nominal values, whereby prices in euros seemed smaller than those in Slovak crowns. We summarise suggestions for promoting learning in situations of currency change, and briefly discuss the features of the Slovak process as a ‘numerate environment’.

中文翻译:

用新货币欧元发展直觉:斯洛伐克的经验

经常需要国际旅客以及适应改变其货币的国家的公民,例如19个(迄今)欧元区成员国,适应陌生的货币。我们报告了2008-2011年期间斯洛伐克共和国的货币适应过程。我们分析了其对公民欧元价格直觉发展的影响。我们的研究借鉴了Hofmann等人(2007)的工作,该工作提出了四种不同的应对策略,从直接数值转换到发展直觉。我们在现实的斯洛伐克环境中使用结构化问卷进行了反复的横断面调查。我们描述了欧洲和斯洛伐克机构对公众的支持,例如双重显示价格和随时可用的换算表。我们发现 受访者在第一年最常使用数值转换策略,而在两年之内他们已经在以新货币开发直觉,尤其是对于经常购买的产品。我们还调查了“欧洲错觉”,斯洛伐克公民在评估价格时可能会在多大程度上影响基于名义价值的决策,因此欧元价格似乎比斯洛伐克克朗要小。我们总结了在汇率变动的情况下促进学习的建议,并简要讨论了斯洛伐克进程作为“数字环境”的特征。斯洛伐克公民在评估价格时可能会在多大程度上影响根据名义价值做出的决定,因此,以欧元计的价格似乎小于以斯洛伐克克朗计算的价格。我们总结了在汇率变动的情况下促进学习的建议,并简要讨论了斯洛伐克进程作为“数字环境”的特征。斯洛伐克公民在评估价格时可能会在多大程度上影响根据名义价值做出的决定,因此欧元价格似乎比斯洛伐克克朗要低。我们总结了在汇率变动的情况下促进学习的建议,并简要讨论了斯洛伐克进程作为“数字环境”的特征。
更新日期:2019-01-25
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