Educação financeira: análise da percepção dos acadêmicos em uma universidade pública brasileira do Sertão alagoano

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze whether the financial education obtained from undergraduate courses in Accounting and Economic Sciences at a Public University located in the state of Alagoas, influences the perception and, consequently, the improvement of students' financial decisions. For this, a descriptive research was carried out associated with an exploratory research with a qualitative approach through a survey type survey. The results showed that there is still a need to learn more about finance and financial education in self-perception on the part of undergraduate courses in accounting and training. It is concluded that the results of the study indicate that knowledge acquired by students in undergraduate courses in Accounting and Economic Sciences, contributes to a better perception in making financial decisions.