Browsing Personal Financial Planning electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Sharpe, Deanna L."
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College students and credit card use : the effect of personal financial knowledge on debt behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)Analysis of survey data from 6,520 students at a large Midwestern University affirmed that financial knowledge is a significant factor in the credit card decisions of college students, though the relationship between the ... -
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 ... -
Participation in tax deferred retirement programs in a defined benefit environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)The purpose of this study is to examine the major factors that influence employees' decisions regarding their levels of participation in employer sponsored tax-deferred retirement savings accounts (TDAs). At the broadest ... -
The role of time preference on wealth
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1979, this analysis affirmed the influence of time preference on wealth. Time preference was measured using the respondent's behaviors as proxies for time preference. ... -
Wealth accumulation differences between wage-earning and entrepreneurial families : the role of active saving behavior
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study examines the causal relationship between entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation. Saving behavior is a potential source of family wealth differentials. It is proposed that entrepreneurial families exhibit more ...