Consumer Interests Annual - Volume 63, 2017

Edited by Sheri Lokken Worthy Ph.D., Professor and Head, Financial Planning, Housing & Consumer Economics, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Georgia

GENERAL SESSIONS

  • Esther Peterson Policy Forum - Do Facts Matter? The Role of Independent Research in the Policy-Making Process - Roper

SYMPOSIA

ORAL SESSIONS

  • A Look at How Subjective Perceptions of Financial Wellness Compare to Objec-tive Measures for Older Americans - Tenney
  • Adverse Selection in Private Health Insurance - Nguyen, Worthington
  • Age at First Job and Retirement Wealth in Later Years - Kim, Shin, Zhang, Gillen
  • An Examination of the Effectiveness of Financial Education Under Situational Stimuli: A Behavioral Finance Perspective - Fan, Chatterjee
  • Are Financial Education Mandates Associated with Use of Alternative Financial Services? - Harvey
  • Bankruptcy Determinants among U.S. Households During the Peak of the Great Recession - Evans, Bauchet
  • Barriers to Banking: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Former Offenders’ Banking Perceptions and Financial Knowledge - Mielitz, Clady, Lurtz, Archuleta
  • Changes in Household Net Financial Assets After the Great Recession: Did Financial Planners and Other Financial Advisors Make a Difference? - Zhang, Xunder, Goetz, Palmer, Chatterjee
  • Comprehensive Risk in Consumer Portfolios - Ammerman, MacDonald
  • Consumer Attitudes Regarding End of Life Charitable Planning - Lehman, James
  • Curbing Reckless and Predatory Lending: A Statutory Analysis of South Africa’s National Credit Act - Schmulow
  • Developing Financial Literacy in the Caribbean - Danns, Danns
  • Do Academicians Still Prefer Defined Benefit Plans? - Ryan, Ewen, Parks, Cude
  • Do Millennials Currently Save for Retirement? - Yao, Cheng
  • Do People with Alzheimer’s Disease Have the Proper Estate Planning Preparation? - Choi, Kim, McDonough
  • Donor-advised Funds: A Review for Consumers, Educators, and Planners - Woodyard
  • Education Loan Profile of US Households - Lee, Kim, Hong
  • Employment Type, Residential Status, and Consumer Financial Capability: Evidence from China Household Finance Survey - Cui, Xiao, Yi
  • Exploring Consumers' Financial Fragility in Europe: Over-indebtedness, Rainy Days Funds and the Role of Financial Literacy - Nicolini
  • Exploring Financial Behaviors of Low-income Households in the United States - Kim
  • Family Postponement of Medical and Dental Care: The Influence of Income Level and Financial Hardship - Ray, Gudmunson
  • Financial Anxiety of First Generation College Students - Potter, Jayne, Britt
  • Financial Behaviors of Military Households: The Role of Financial Literacy and Financial Education - Wilmarth, Kim, Henager
  • Financial Correlates in Young Adults’ Choice to Marry, Cohabit, or Live Apart - Rhea, Serido, Shim
  • Financial Futures: How Working Americans Prioritize Retirement Savings - Scott, Shelton, Blevins, Spell, Guzoto
  • Financial Gender Gaps - Lurtz, Heckman
  • Financial Intermingling and Predicting Business Sustainability after a Natural Disaster - Lee, Jasper, Masuo, Zuiker
  • Food Price and the Role of SNAP in Improving Food Security and Diet Quality - Chang, Chatterjee, Kim
  • From Personality to Saving Behavior: Bridging the Gap - Asebedo, Seay Wilmarth, Archuleta
  • Household Factors Related to Decisions to Retain Financial Planning Services While Recovering from the Great Recession - Sunder, Zhang, Goetz, Palmer, Chatterjee
  • How do Financial Incentives Affect the Intention of College Students to Adopt NFC Mobile Payment? - Zhao, Anong, Zhang
  • Impacts of Child Support Policy on Single Mothers’ Material Well-being and Labor Supply - Barardehi, Babiarz, Mauldin
  • Implications of Financial Scarcity on Long-term Adoption of Knowledge Delivered in Financial Intervention - Carmel
  • Increasing Consumers' Fruit and Vegetable Selection: Can Product Bundling Serve as a Behavioral Nudge? - Carroll, Samek, Zepeda
  • Is Debt Good or Bad for a Comfortable Retirement? Exploring the Relationship between Consumer Debt and Retirement Prepared-ness - Alattar, Eldere, Rogofsky
  • Media Frames and their Influence for Sugary Drink Taxes - Kolodinsky, Crosby
  • Mediation Effect of Mindset on Coping Strategies Used by Consumers Experi-encing Financial Hardship during the Economic Recession in 2008 - Heo, Saboe-Wounded Head
  • Nutrition Label Reading and Positive Financial Behavior - O'Neill, Xiao, Ensle
  • Propensity to Plan, Financial Capability, and Financial Satisfaction - Xiao, O'Neill
  • Revolving Credit Card Debt: Do the Determinants Differ Between Bank- and Store-issued Cards? - Chung, Babiarz
  • Source of Information and Selection of Financial Instruments - Shin, Seay, Kim
  • Student Loan Income-driven Plans and Health-related Obligations - Anong
  • The Effect of Financial Well-being on Young Adults’ Mental and Physical Well-being: Evidence from a Multi-year Panel Study - Kim, Chatterjee
  • The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage and Subjective Health Status on Individual Estimates of Life Expectancy - Lawson, Heckman
  • The Great Recession and Heterogeneity within the Hispanic Middle Class - Zan, Fan
  • The Impact of Financial Education: Evidence from Chinese College Students - Yao, Xu, Meng
  • The Impact of Life Events on Homeownership - West, Worthington
  • The Influence of a High School Personal Finance Education Mandate on College Freshman Financial Knowledge - Cude
  • The Influence of Childhood Experiences on Financial Capability in Young Adulthood - L'Esperance, Robb, Collins
  • The Influence of Coping Strategies and College Student Outcomes - Britt-Lutter, Zepp, Potter, Haxelwood, Castinado
  • Tools for Saving: Using Prepaid Cards to Set Aside Funds - Cooper, Jamison, Knoll, Zimmerman
  • Understanding the Value of Fresno State Wine in the Market - Lone, Xu
  • What Accounts for Racial and Ethnic Differences in Use of Bank and Nonbank Financial Services? - Goodstein, Lloro, Rhine, Weinstein
  • Which DB and DC Characteristics Account for Faculty’s Plan Satisfaction? - Parks, Ryan, Ewen
  • Who are More Likely to Own Non-primary Residences: Evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study - Yao, Lei
  • Who Borrows From Lending Club and Why Do They Borrow? - Augustin
  • Young Adults’ Debts and Psychological Distress - Zhang, Kim

POSTERS

  • A Look at How Subjective Perceptions of Financial Wellness Compare to Objective Measures for Older Americans - Tenney
  • A Measure for Personal Financial Responsibility - Preece
  • Consumer Analysis of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline - Leech
  • Do Both Parental and Personal Values and Expectations Influence Young Adult’s Financial Behaviors and Well-Being? Does Employment Status Matter? - Burcher, Lee, Serido, Shim
  • Effect of Unsecured Debt on Mental and Physical Health among Middle-Aged and Older Unmarried Women - Lee, Stowe
  • Financial Confidence, Credit Card Use and Financial Satisfaction - Atlas, Lu, Porto
  • Financial Literacy and Confidence in the Ability to Fund an Unexpected Need - Henager, Danns, Fischer
  • Financial Strain and Student Loan Debt: Does Financial Literacy Play a Mitigating Role? - Chatterjee, Cude
  • Healthy, Wealthy, and Retirement Satisfaction among Retirees - Jensen, Lee
  • Innovation in Nutrition Monitoring: NuMo a User Friendly Mobile App for Consumers - Hunts, Dratz, Britten, Rothe, Pennell, Izurieta, Yeoh
  • Multi-Generational Modeling of Money Management - Rosa, Marks, LeBaron, Hill
  • Social Service Provider's Perspective of Your Money, Your Goals Toolkit for Adults with Mental Illness - Janney, Terhune, Long, Matteson, Tobe
  • Student Loan, Individual Differences, and Financial Anxiety During College: A Cross-Cultural Comparison - Cho, Gu
  • Subjective Life Expectancy and Consumption Behavior: Evidence from Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) - Chung, Babiarz
  • The Effect of Risk Graphics on Risk Perception of Multi-Risk Options: The Case of Childhood Vaccines - Leonhardt, Keller, Leonhardt, Leonhardt
  • The Effect of Time Perspective on Debt Behaviors - Park