Journal of Consumer Affairs

2012 - 2025

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Volume 48, issue 3, 2014

Credit Card Indebtedness and Psychological Well-Being Over Time: Empirical Evidence from a Household Survey pp. 431-456

Shuying Shen, Abdoul G. Sam and Eugene Jones

Why People Do Not Always Follow the Doctor's Orders: The Role of Hope and Perceived Control pp. 457-485

Suzanne C. Makarem, Michael F. Smith, Susan M. Mudambi and James M. Hunt

What Shapes Assessment of Ability to Pay for Children's College Education? pp. 486-514

Youngmi Kim, Jin Huang and Michael Sherraden

The Effects of Health Consciousness and Familiarity with DTCA on Perceptions of Dietary Supplements pp. 515-534

Marla B. Royne, Alexa K. Fox, George D. Deitz and Tyler Gibson

Young People Are the Front Lines of Financial Inclusion: A Review of 45 Years of Research pp. 535-602

Terri Friedline and Mary Rauktis

Complex Samples and Regression-Based Inference: Considerations for Consumer Researchers pp. 603-619

Robert B. Nielsen and Martin C. Seay

Do They Have Your Number? Understanding the Moderating Role of Format Effects and Consumer Numeracy for Quantitative Front-of-Package Nutrition Claims pp. 620-633

Andrea H. Tangari, Scot Burton and Cassandra Davis

Changes over Time in College Student Credit Card Attitudes and Debt: Evidence from One Campus pp. 634-647

Jill M. Norvilitis

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission a Global Leader in Consumer Product Safety pp. 648-652

Inez M. Tenenbaum

Volume 48, issue 2, 2014

Addressing the Texting and Driving Epidemic: Mortality Salience Priming Effects on Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions pp. 223-250

Ioannis Kareklas and Darrel D. Muehling

Financial Literacy and Neighborhood Effects pp. 251-273

Marie-Eve Lachance

Conscientiousness, Financial Literacy, and Asset Accumulation of Young Adults pp. 274-300

Jodi C. Letkiewicz and Jonathan J. Fox

Testing a Measurement Model of Financial Capability Among Youth in Ghana pp. 301-322

Mathieu R. Despard and Gina A. N. Chowa

Marketing Genius: The Impact of Educational Claims and Cues on Parents' Reactions to Infant/Toddler DVDs pp. 323-350

Sarah E. Vaala and Matthew A. Lapierre

The Potential for Consumer Segmentation in the Finnish Housing Market pp. 351-379

Karen M. Gibler and Tanja Tyvimaa

Consumer Protection in Postwar Canada: Role and Contributions of the Consumers' Association of Canada to the Public Policy Process pp. 380-402

Anna Sadovnikova, Andrey Mikhailitchenko and Stanley J. Shapiro

Financial Knowledge among Educated Women: Room for Improvement pp. 403-417

Mahnaz Mahdavi and Nicholas Horton

Who Buys Fair Trade and Why (or Why Not)? A Random Survey of Households pp. 418-430

Jason E. Taylor and Vigdis Boasson

Volume 48, issue 1, 2014

The CFPB and Payday Lending: New Agency/Old Problem pp. 1-16

Larry Kirsch, Robert N. Mayer and Norman I. Silber

Fixing Consumer Protection Laws So Borrowers Understand Their Payment Obligations pp. 17-33

Jeff Sovern

Giving Consumers a Fair Chance: The Ideological Battle over Mandatory Grading in the 1930s and 1940s pp. 34-61

Inger L. Stole

How the Perceived Healthfulness of Restaurant Menu Items Influences Sodium and Calorie Misperceptions: Implications for Nutrition Disclosures in Chain Restaurants pp. 62-95

Scot Burton, Andrea H. Tangari, Elizabeth Howlett and Anna M. Turri

Equity Analyst Recommendations: A Case for Affirmative Disclosure? pp. 96-123

William Baker and Gregory Dumont

Protecting Mortgage Borrowers through Risk Awareness: Evidence from Variations in State Laws pp. 124-146

J. Michael Collins

Regulating Front-of-Package Nutrition Information Disclosures: A Test of Industry Self-Regulation vs. Other Popular Options pp. 147-174

Jeremy Kees, Marla B. Royne and Yoon-Na Cho

Consumers' Optimism Bias and Responses to Risk Disclosures in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) Prescription Drug Advertising: The Moderating Role of Subjective Health Literacy pp. 175-194

Ho-Young (anthony) Ahn, Jin Seong Park and Eric Haley

Beyond Door-to-Door: The Implications of Invited In-Home Selling pp. 195-221

Paul Harrison, Marta Massi and Kathryn Chalmers

Volume 47, issue 3, 2013

Borrowing Capacity and Financial Decisions of Low-to-Moderate Income First-Time Homebuyers pp. 375-403

Stephanie Moulton, Cäzilia Loibl, Anya Samak and J. Michael Collins

Is Planning an Aid or an Obstacle? Examining the Role of Consumers' Lay Theories in Weight Loss pp. 404-431

Mariam Beruchashvili and Risto Moisio

The Relationship between Retirement Wealth and Householders' Lifetime Personal Financial and Investing Behaviors pp. 432-464

David W. Eccles, Paul Ward, Elizabeth Goldsmith and Guler Arsal

Prices Paid in Grocery Markets: Searching Across Stores and Brands pp. 465-484

James Binkley

Taking Advantage of a Vulnerable Group? Emotional Cues in Ads Targeting Parents pp. 485-517

Julie V. Stanton and Deirdre T. Guion

Credit Where None Is Due? Authorized-User Account Status and Piggybacking Credit pp. 518-547

Kenneth Brevoort, Robert B. Avery and Glenn B. Canner

Materialism and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Stress and Religiosity pp. 548-563

Andrew M. Baker, George P. Moschis, Fon Sim Ong and Ra-Pee Pattanapanyasat

Conceptualization and Exploration of Attitude toward Advertising Disclosures and Its Impact on Perceptions of Manipulative Intent pp. 564-587

Veronica L. Thomas, Kendra Fowler and Pamela Grimm

Accuracy of Information Maintained by US Credit Bureaus: Frequency of Errors and Effects on Consumers' Credit Scores pp. 588-601

L. Douglas Smith, Michael Staten, Thomas Eyssell, Maureen Karig, Beth A. Freeborn and Andrea Golden

Volume 47, issue 2, 2013

Understanding the Impact of Health Reform on the States: Expansion of Coverage through Medicaid and Exchanges pp. 191-218

Lilliard E. Richardson and Tansel Yilmazer

Gravitation Toward Prior Performance in Mutual Fund Advertisings: Do Consumer Investors' Processing Abilities Account for Biased Information Processing? pp. 219-242

Andreas Hüsser and Werner Wirth

Using the Right Yardstick: Assessing Financial Literacy Measures by Way of Financial Well-Being pp. 243-262

Maximilian Schmeiser and Jason Seligman

Using the Life Course Paradigm to Explain Mechanisms That Link Family Disruptions to Compulsive Buying pp. 263-288

Andrew Baker, Anil Mathur, Choong Kwai Fatt, George P. Moschis and Edward E. Rigdon

Protecting Minority Homeowners: Race, Foreclosure Counseling and Mortgage Modifications pp. 289-310

J. Michael Collins, Maximilian Schmeiser and Carly Urban

Welfare Effects of Food Miles Labels pp. 311-327

Vincenzina Caputo, Achilleas Vassilopoulos, Rodolfo Nayga and Maurizio Canavari

The Regulation of Dietary Supplements Within the United States: Flawed Attempts at Mending a Defective Consumer Safety Mechanism pp. 328-357

Ralph L. Quinones, Robert D. Winsor, Anthony Patino and Peter Hoffmann

Debt's Dilemmas: ACCI's Annual Colston Warne Lecture pp. 358-374

David C. Vladeck

Volume 47, issue 1, 2013

Financial Knowledge and Child Development Account Policy: A Test of Financial Capability pp. 1-26

Jin Huang, Yunju Nam and Margaret S. Sherraden

Factors That Contribute to Becoming Unbanked pp. 27-45

Sherrie L.W. Rhine and William Greene

Peer Group Influence on Urban Preadolescents' Attitudes Toward Material Possessions: Social Status Benefits of Material Possessions pp. 46-71

Bing Shi and Hongling Xie

Complexities of Consumption: The Case of Childcare pp. 72-97

Aimee Dinnin Huff and June Cotte

Do Consumers Really Know How Much They Are Willing to Pay? pp. 98-127

Kristen L. Kovalsky and Jayson Lusk

Financial Identity-Processing Styles Among Young Adults: A Longitudinal Study of Socialization Factors and Consequences for Financial Capabilities pp. 128-152

Soyeon Shim, Joyce Serido, Leslie Bosch and Chuanyi Tang

Characteristics of Consumers of Unpasteurized Milk in the United States pp. 153-166

Jean Buzby, L. Hannah Gould, Magdalena E. Kendall, Timothy F. Jones, Trisha Robinson and Don Blayney

Telecommunications Consumers: A Behavioral Economic Analysis pp. 167-189

Pete Lunn