Publications - Listed By Research Area

Individual/Household Financial Decision Making

  • How Do Extended Family Mental Health Issues Influence Household Portfolio Allocations? joint with Jermaine Toney, Review of Economics of the Household. forthcoming.

  • Intersectionality and Financial Inclusion in the United States, joint with Sarah Wolfolds, AEA Papers and Proceedings. 112, 43-47, May 2022.

  • Household Debt Behavior, in Handbook of Personal Finance, John Grable and Swarn Chatterjee (editors). 2022.

  • Boomerang Bias: Examining the Effect of Parental Co-residence on Millennial Financial Behavior, joint with Michael Bentley, Financial Planning Review. 2(1), March 2019.

  • Mental Health and Retirement Savings: Confounding Issues with Compounding Interest, joint with Angela Fertig, Health Economics. 27(2), 404-425, February 2018.

  • How Children with Mental Disabilities Affect Household Investment Decisions, joint with Jose Fernandez, American Economic Review. 107 (5), 536-540, May 2017.

  • Household Asset Allocation, Offspring Education, and the Sandwich Generation, American Economic Review. 105 (5), 611-615, May 2015.

  • Savings Incentives and Investment Management Fees: A Study of the 529 College Savings Plan Market, Contemporary Economic Policy. 32 (4), 826-842. October 2014.

  • Household Investment Decisions, in Investor Behavior: The Psychology of Financial Planning and Investing, H. Kent Baker and Victor Ricciardi (editors). 2014.

  • Household Investment Decisions and Offspring Gender: Parental Accounting, Applied Economics. 45 (31), 4429-4442, November 2013.

  • Portfolio Choice and Mental Health, joint with Angela Fertig, Review of Finance. 17 (3), 955-992. July 2013.

  • Do Psychological Shocks Affect Financial Risk Taking Behavior? A Study of U.S. Veterans, joint with David Just and Brian Wansink, Contemporary Economic Policy. 31 (3), 457-467, July 2013. Lead article

  • Immigrant Household Investment Behavior and Country of Origin: A Study of Immigrants to the United States, joint with Sayako Seto, International Journal of Finance and Economics. 18 (2), 128-158, March 2013.

  • Bubbles or Convenience Yields?: A Theoretical Explanation with Evidence from Technology Company Equity Carve-Outs, International Review of Economics and Finance. 18 (2), 248-281, March 2009.

  • Stock Market Participation and the Internet, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 43 (1), 191-212, March 2008.

  • Harry M. Markowitz and Modern Portfolio Theory, in the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition, William Darity, Jr. (editor). November 2007.

Corporate Investment Decision Making

  • Good News for Environmental Self-Regulation? Finding the Right Link, joint with Yanbing Wang, Michael Delgado, and Neha Khanna, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 94,217-235, March 2019.

  • Team Gender Diversity and Investment Decision Making Behavior, joint with David Just and Chekitan Dev, Review of Behavioral Finance. 5 (2), 134-152, 2013.

  • Small Businesses and Risk Contingent Credit, joint with Calum Turvey and Cao Yu, Journal of Risk Finance. 13 (5), 491-506. 2012.

  • Are Firms on the Right Page with Chapter 11? An Analysis of Firm Choices that Contribute to Post-Bankruptcy Survival, joint with Chad Sandler, Applied Economics Letters. 19 (7), 609-613, May 2012.

  • What Drives Merger Decision Making Behavior?: Don't Seek, Don't Find, and Don't Change Your Mind, joint with David Just, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 72 (3), 930-943, December 2009.

  • Culture and Entrepreneurship? African American and Immigrant Self-Employment in the United States, joint with William Darity, Jr., Journal of Socio-Economics. 37 (5), 1999-2019, October 2008.

  • Book Review of The History of Black Business in America: Capitalism, Race, Entrepreneurship, Volume 1, to 1865 (2nd Edition). Journal of Economic History 70 (3), 777-778, September 2010.

Microfinance - Investment Decision Making: Individual/Households and Corporate/Institutions

  • The Elasticity of Demand for Microcredit: Evidence from Latin America, joint with Calum Turvey and Gabriella Salazar, Development Policy Review. 33 (6), 725-757, November 2015.

  • Capital Structure and Sustainability: An Empirical Study of Microfinance Institutions, The Review of Economics and Statistics. 94 (4), 1045-1058, November 2012.

  • The Securitization of Microloans, in Financial Inclusion, Innovation, and Investments: Biotechnology and Capital Markets Working for the Poor, Ralph D. Christy and Vicki L. Bogan (editors). February 2011.

Applied Microeconomics: Individual/Household Decision Making

  • Self-Employment and Mental Health joint with Angela Fertig and David Just, Review of Economics of the Household. 20(3), 855-886, September 2022.

  • 'Big Men' in the Office: The Gender-Specific Influence of Weight upon Persuasiveness, joint with Kevin Kniffin and David Just, PloS One. 14(11), November 2019.

  • Business Cycles, Race, and Investment in Graduate Education, joint with Di Wu, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy.1(2-3), 142-175, September 2018.