Consumer Link Brings you up-to-date on the activities of the Take Charge America Institute for Consumer Education and Research (TCAI). Established in 2003 with a $10 million endowment from Take Charge America in Phoenix, Arizona, the Institute educates students and the wider community on all aspects of personal money management. With consumer debt on the rise, a serious need for financial literacy programming exists for all age groups. We hope the activities of TCAI will shed light on the path to financial security for consumers today.
2007: Fall (pdf) Spring (pdf)
2006: Fall (pdf) Spring (pdf)
2005: Fall (pdf) Spring (pdf)
2004: Fall (pdf)
TCAI working papers are contributed by TCAI staff, its research council members, and its grant and award recipients.
2006
John E. Grable, Walter Schumm
An Estimate of the Reliability of the Survey of Consumer Finances Risk-Tolerance Question
(pdf)
Jing Jian Xiao, Jiajun Wu
Applying the Theory of Planned Behavior to Retain Credit Counseling Clients
(pdf)
Shayna Lee Slagel, Barbara M. Newman, Jing Jian Xiao
Credit Card Debt Reduction and Developmental Stages of the Lifespan
(pdf)
Angela Lyons
Are we Making Grade: A National Overview of Financial Education and Program Evaluation
(pdf)
John Grable
Personal Finance, Financial Planning, and Financial Counseling Publication Rankings
(pdf)
Jing Jian Xiao and Jiajun Wu
Encouraging Behavior Change in Credit Counseling:An Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM)
(pdf)
2005
Jianfeng Wang and Melanie Wallendorf
Best Friend or Worst Enemy: Debt Consumption of College Students
(pdf)
Abha Rao and Bonnie Barber
Financial Well-Being: Descriptors and Pathways
(pdf)
Jessie X. Fan and Jing Jian Xiao
A Cross-Cultural Study in Risk Tolerance: Comparing Chinese and Americans
(pdf)