Consumer Interests Annual 2008Main Speakers: Esther Peterson Consumer Policy ForumWorld Oil Markets: Implications for Consumers, Producers, and the World EconomyJames Hamilton, University of California, San Diego The Subprime Meltdown and Implications for Consumers"Some Facts About the Subprime Crisis" Paul Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston The Subprime Mortgage Crisis from the Consumer's Perspective" J. Michael Collins, University of Wisconsin at Madison Coston E. Warne Lecture "Nutrition and the Politics of Food" Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in Public Interest To Infinity and Beyond! A Box Luncheon and Showcase of Policy-Making Research "Reflections on Moving Poverty Research to Policy"Cynthia Needles Fletcher, Iowa State University
"Rent to Own Example- Consumer Issues" Seth Lesser, Lock Law Office "How Policy Research Differs from Academic and Industry Research" Alan Levy, Food and Drug Administration
Jan Pappalardo, Federal Trade Commission Aging in America Motivation of Intergenerational Caregiving Transfers Won Ah Yoon & Angela Lyons, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Eun-Jin Kim, Tarleton State University Sherman Hanna, The Ohio State University Does Financial Status Affect Health Status in Later Life? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study Eun-Jin Kim, Tarleton State University Sharon Seiling, The Ohio State University Consumers and Financial Risk An Estimate of the Reliability of the Survey of Consumer Finances Risk-Tolerance Question John Grable, Kansas State University and Walter Schumm, Kansas State University
The Effect of Financial Goal and Wealth Level on Risk Tolerance: An Experimental Investigation Yi Cai, California State University - Northridge & Yali Yang
A Qualitative Analysis of Coping Strategies for Financial Losses After a Natural Disaster Linda Bradley and Raymond Forgue, University of Kentucky Credit and Delinquency Jeff Dew, The University of Virginia
Credit Scores as a Predictor of Manufactured Housing Delinquency Jane Kolodinsky & Erin Roche, University of Vermont
Racial /Ethnic Patterns in Credit Delinquency Jonghee Lee & Sherman Hanna, The Ohio State University Economics of Health Health Problems and Reallocation of Living Expenditures Among Older Adults Hyungsoo Kim, University of Kentucky, Michitoshi Yamaguchi, University of Kyoto & Research Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Determinants of Elderly Obesity in Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities Mei-Chi Fang & Robert Scharff, The Ohio State University Demand for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Vibha Bhargava, Gong-Soog Hong, & Catherine Montalto, The Ohio State University Entrepreneurship Emilian Siman & Deanna Sharpe, University of Missouri-Columbia The Impact of Access to Alternative Financing on the Economic Self-Sufficiency of Low-Income Micro-entrepreneurs Michele Schmidt & Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont Ethnicity Issues in Finance Racial /Ethnic Differences in the Risk Aversion Measure of the 2004 Health and Retirement Study Mei-Chi Fang & Sherman Hanna, The Ohio State University
The Decrease in Minority Stock Ownership Suzanne Lindamood, Ohio Legislative Service Commission Sherman Hanna, The Ohio State University Financial Education Cliff Robb, University of Alabama Russell James, University of Georgia The Bold and the Bankable: How the Nuestro Barrio Telenovela Reaches Latino Immigrants with Financial Education Jonathan Spader & Janneke Ratcliffe, Center for Community Capital - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jorge Montoya - Sentient Rsearch, Peter Skillem - Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina Food Expenditures Cohort Effects of Household Expenditures on Food Away from Home Hua Zan, The Ohio State University Jessie Fan, University of Utah
Consumer Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Blueberry Products with Non-Conventional Attributes Wuyang Hu, Timothy Woods, and Sandra Bastin - University of Kentucky
Food Consumption Behavior in Uganda: A Censored Regression Analysis Using Micro-data Gilbert Werema, Wayland Baptist University Jack Houston & Brenda Cude, University of Georgia Human Capital How does human capital affect the decision to work in later life? Susan Brown & Yoon Lee, Utah State University
Is Human Capital an Insurance Policy for Women Who Experience Divorce? Kimberly Bridges, Sandra Huston, and Michael Finke, Texas Tech University Information and Regulation Advertising and Its Critics: Consumer Activism during the Second World War Inger Stole, University of Illinois Toward an Internationally Comparative Measure of Consumer Policy Robert Mayer & Daniel Duersch, University of Utah Finding the information you need: The role of self-confidence in consumer information search Caezili Loibl, Soo Hyun Cho, Florian Diekmann, & Marv Batte, The Ohio State University Savings and Wealth Determinants of Household Savings Practices Yoonkyung Yuh, Ewha Womens University Sherman Hanna, The Ohio State University
The Impact of College Financial Aid Rules on Household Portfolio Choice Patryk Babiarz & Tansel Yilmazer, Purdue University Variation of the Capital Accumulation Ratio and Wealth Nathan Harness and Swarm Chatterjee, University of Georgia Michael Finke, Texas Tech University Student Financial Education Mandating financial education in high schools: Are the teachers ready? Caezilia Loibl, The Ohio State University Comparing Teacher Education and Finance Majors' Agreement with Financial Morality Topics Thomas Lucey & Alan Bates, Illinois State University Transfer Payments and Policy Patricia Duffy, Auburn University
Child Support Across State Lines: Distance, Interstate Enforcement and Welfare Refrom Yunhee Change, University of Mississippi Elizabeth Powers & Andrea Beller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Chmpaign Bringing New Data to the Table on the Energy Balance Question (Special Session) (Monday, July 28, 4-5:30 p.m.) Examining Food Expenditures Using the Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey Geoffrey Paulin, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Collecting Data on Eating Patterns, Obesity Risk, and Food Access: The Eating and Health Module Karen Hamrick, Margaret Andrews, and Joanne Guthrie, Economic Research Service, USDA
What Can We Learn About Energy Balance from the American Time Use Survey? Dori Allard, Marianne Janes, Rachel Krantz-Kent, and Jill Lacey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alternative Data Sources for Assessing Local Food Environments Jessie Fan, Ikuho Yamada, Barbara Brown, Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Ken Smith, and Cathleen Zick, University of Utah Consumer Protections in the Sale of Annuity Products: Challenges, Approaches, and Lessons Learned (Special Session) Geroge Gaberlavage, AARP Public Policy Institute, Larry Kirsch, IMR Health Economics, and Ryan Wilson, AARP Public Policy Institute Hard Hitting and Well Informed: A Conversation Between Food Safety Policy Advocates and Researchers (Joint Session with AAEA Food Safety and Nutrition Section) Food Safety: USDA and FDA Policies Toward Bacterial Contamination in Meat Chris Waldrop, Consumer Federation of America
University-Based Agricultural Economist's Perspective on Food Safety Research Needs and Prospects Victoria Salin, Texas A&M University
New Food Production Technologies- New Risks Michael Hansen, Consumers Union
Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont Managing Farm and Farm Household Financial Risk (Joint Session with the AAEA Extension Section) Farm Family Consumption and Investment Patterns: Relationships to Farm and Non-Farm Income Paul Ellinger, University of Illinois
John Grable, Kansas State University
Tim Eggers, Iowa State University Extension Success and Management: A Family Business Perspective (Joint Session with AAEA Agribusiness Economics and Management Section) Yoon Lee, Utah State University Farm and Non-Farm Family Business Management Strategies Maria Marshall, Purdue University An Analysis of Successful Farm Family Businesses Christine Wilson, Purdue University The Impact of Natural Disasters on Family Businesses George Haynes, Montana State University Weighing the Relative Contribution of Time Use in the Energy Balance Equation: Implications for the Risk of Obesity (Joint Session with the AAEA Food Safety Nutrition Section) Does better geographic access to food influence diet and health outcomes? Results from the Louisiana Neighborhood Environment and Consumption Study Diego Rose, Tulane University Childhood Obesity: Does the quality of parental time matter? George Davis, Virginia Polytechnic University
Obesity and Time Use- A First Look Using ATUS Data Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont Running to the store? The relationship between neighborhood food environments and the risk of obesity Cathleen Zick, Ken Smith, Jessie Fan, Barbara Brown, Ikuho Yamada, and Lori Kowaleski-Jones, University of Utah Posters Post-Disaster Recovery and Rebuilding: A Consumer Perspective Chuanlan Liu, Frances Lawrence, William Black, Mousumi Bose, Yana Kuzmina, Mazem Jaber, Sandeep Bhowmick, and Anna Green, Louisiana State University
Yoshie Sano, Washington State University-Vancouver; Elizabeth Dolan, University of Family Studies; Leslie Richard, Oregon State University; Jean Bauer University of Minnesota; Bonnie Braun, University of Maryland.
Mohamad Fazli Sabri, Iowa State University; Jariah Masud, University Putra Malaysia; Tahira K. Hira and Maurice MacDonald, Iowa State University; Laily Paim, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Teresa Mauldin, Michael Rupured, Yoko Mimura, Joan Koonce, and Mary Jane Kabaci, University of Georgia
Banana Fibers as a By Product of Agro Waste: Raw Source of Material for Paper and Handicrafts Naimah Salleh, Aziah Hashim, Rasmina Halis, and Jariah Masud, University of Putra Malaysia
Laily Paim, Sharifah Haron, Shamsul Badari, Jariah Masud, University of Putra Malaysia
The Choice of Self-employment and the Role of Risk Tolerance Jaimie Sung, Korea University of Technology and Education and Zooyob Anne, Korea Labor Institute
Financial Well-Being among College Students in Malaysia: Needs for Financial Education Mohammad Fazli Sabri, Iowa State University; Jariah Masud, and Laily Paim, University of Putra Malaysia; and Maurice MacDonald, Iowa State University
Consumer Views on the Biofuel Industry: Does Proximity Matter? Cynthia Fletcher, Craig Gundersen, Michael LArsen, and Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University
Zeynep Copur and Michael Gutter, University of Florida; Joseph Eisen and Wendy Way, University of Wisconsin-Madison
E-Banking in the 21st Century - Is the Digital Divide Still Out There? A Detailed Abstract Jeanne Hogarth and Catherine Bell, Federal Reserve Board; Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont
The Good, The Bad, The Changed: Financial Management Behaviors of Young Enlisted Soldiers and the Effect of Financial Education - A detailed abstract Catherine Bell, Daniel Gorin and Jeanne Hogarth, Federal Reserve Board
Having Mom and Dad Pay for College: Financial Advantage or Disadvantage? Sheri Worthy, Mississippi State University; Lynn Blinn-Pike, Indiana University-Purdue University; Jeffrey Jonkman, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Personal Financial Wellness among Malaysian Employees: Socio Demographic Comparison Mohamad Fazli Sabri, Jariah Masud, and Karen Lai Kai Lin, University Putra Malaysia
Factors that Affect the Financial Risk Tolerance of Chinese Households in the U.S. Rui Yao, Wiming Ke, and Liz Gorham, South Dakota State University
Personality and Empowerment among Older Consumers: Purchase of Health and Health Care Products Laily Paim Sharifah Haron, and Norfairani Ahmad, University Putra Malaysia
Economic and Psychological Determinants of Savings Behavior: A Conceptual Model Michael Gutter, University of Florida; Joseph Eisen and Wendy Way, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Confidence in Understandings of Retirement Concepts among PreService Teachers Thomas Lucey and Edgar Norton, Illinois State University
The Promotion of a Smoke-Free Campus Yoon-Na Cho and Sharon DeVaney, Purdue University
The Effect of Campus Shootings on the Quality of Graduate Students' College Experiences Leann Rutherford and Sharon DeVaney, Purdue University
Impact of gender on keeping-personal-account-book experience for university students in Japan Junko Shigekawa, Saitama University
Cultivating eXtension Communities of Practice Judy Branch, University of Vermont
Teaching food safety to children: An after school-based program Wendy Reiboldt, CSULB; Diane Carson, TAMU
Robert Scharff, The Ohio State University; Tansel Yilmazer, Purdue University
Use of E-Banking: The Impacts of Time and Technological Affinity Jane Kolodinsky, University of Vermont; Jeanne Hogarth, Federal Reserve Board |