چكيده فارسي :
The importance of financial literacy has been increased due to the factors such as the development of new financial products, the complexity of instruments and financial markets, political changes, and economic factors. For this reason, in recent decade considerable measures have been performed by people and organizations having scientific competencies such as World Bank in respect of introducing, evaluating, and methods of improving people’s financial literacy. Due to the importance of this concept, this research has been performed with the goal of evaluating the role of financial literacy training in the participation ratio of small and medium enterprises in financial markets. The statistical population of this research is composed of small and medium companies activating in the industrial city of Rasht. For data analysis, Structural Equation Modeling method was used by PLS method. The results show that financial literacy training has positive and significant impact on financial literacy level and also market participation. Financial literacy level also has positive impact on market participation
