Handbook of consumer finance research

Author

Additional Author(s)

• Xiao, Jing Jian

Publisher

Kingston RI: Springer Publishing Company, Inc., 2010

Language

English

ISBN

9781441926043

Series

Subject(s)

• CONSUMERS-RESEARCH
• CONSUMERS BEHAVIOR
• FINANCE, PERSONAL

Notes

. . Index: p. 419-424

Abstract

Surveys social aspects of consumer behavior. This book discusses concepts of risk tolerance, consumer socialization, and financial well-being, and moves on to salient data on specific settings and populations, including health care spending and retirement savings, online shopping and e-banking, and family finances.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xx, 424 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

pt. I. Concepts and theories of consumer finance. Risk tolerance / John E. Grable --
Personal financial wellness / Sohyun Joo --
Retirement savings / Sherman D. Hanna and Samuel Cheng-Chung Chen --
Financial education and program evaluation / Jonathan J. Fox and Suzanne Bartholomae --
Applying behavior theories to financial behavior / Jing Jian Xiao --
Consumer economic socialization / Ivan Beutler and Lori Dickson --

pt. II. Internet and consumer finance. E-banking / Jinkook Lee, Jinsook Erin Cho, and Fahzy Abdul-Rahman --
Online insurance / Robert N. Mayer --
Online shopping / Yi Cai and Brenda J. Cude --

pt. III. Consumer finances of special populations. Financial literacy of high school students / Lewis Mandell --
Risky credit card behavior of college students / Angela C. Lyons --
Financial issues of older adults / Sharon A. DeVaney --
Consumer finances of low-income families / Steven Garasky, Robert B. Nielsen, and Cynthia Needles Fletcher --
Management issues of business-owning families / George W. Haynes, Sharon M. Danes, and Deborah C. Haynes --
Gender differences in investment behavior / Tahira K. Hira and Cdizilia Loibl --
Financial behavior of hispanic americans / Kittichai Watchravesringkan --
Money matters of african americans / Cathy Faulcon Bowen --
Financial behaviors of asian americans / Rui Yao --
pt. IV. Consumer finance in various settings. Consumer financial issues in health care / Deanna L. Sharpe --
Marriage and finance / Jeffrey Dew --
Consumer finance and parent-child communication / Myria Watkins Allen --
Consumer bankruptcy / Jean M. Lown --
Workplace financial education / Jinhee Kim --
Regulating consumer lending / David A. Lander --
Promoting applied research in personal finance / Sharon A. Burns.

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