Browsing College of Human Environmental Sciences (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Yao, Rui"
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The distribution of financial responsibility within the family and its effect on family risk behaviors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Men are more willing to take risks and invest more in stocks than women. Do gender differences with respect to risk tolerance still exist within married ... -
Essays on health and retirement in financial planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] This dissertation focused on investigating topics that are closely connected to health and retirement that households need to consider when making financial plans. The first chapter assessed the ... -
Financial planning and household portfolio performance: evidence from the 1998-2013 survey of consumer finances
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This dissertation used datasets from the 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to evaluate the effect of using financial planning services on households' portfolio performance. In this ... -
Financial risk attitude and behavior : do planners help increase consistency?
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)This study used the 1998-2007 Survey of Consumer Finances to investigate the effect of various sources of information on households' consistency in financial risk attitude and behavior. Categories of financial information ... -
How financial decision-making changes when a marriage ends : evidence from the 1992-2016 health and retirement study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Transitioning from being married to divorced or widowed is difficult, financially as well as emotionally. Individuals who had left money matters to their partners during marriage enter a period of decreased financial control ... -
Major life-changing events and preferred retirement time among older adults : evidence from the 1992 to 2014 health and retirement study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This study evaluated the way life-changing events affect older adults' preferred and actual retirement age using the 1992/1993, 1994/1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014 surveys of the Health ...