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.