Financial decisions can have lasting consequences for consumer welfare and other
important decisions. This review summarizes contemporary literature on financial decision …

How people think about and use their time has critical implications for happiness and well‐
being. Extant research on time in the consumer behavior literature reveals a predominantly …

Drawing from literature on construal-level theory and the psychological consequences of
clothing, the current work tested whether wearing formal clothing enhances abstract …

This research illustrates how perceived economic mobility moderates the linkage between
materialism and impulsive spending. Using various data sources, four studies show that …

A low savings rate is a persistent social issue with significant present and future
ramifications. As an alternative to conceptualizing saving money as goal-directed behavior …

Self-control can be assisted by using self-control strategies rather than relying solely on
willpower to resist tempting situations and to make more goal-consistent decisions. To …

Although product modularity is often advocated as a design strategy in the operations
management literature, little is known about how consumers respond to modular products. In …

Saving has an important impact on consumers' lives and life satisfaction. However, various
indices indicate that consumers do not save enough. This research shows that a simple …

Low personal savings rates are an important social issue in the United States. We propose
and test one particular method to get people to save more money that is based on the …

Purpose This paper aims to analyze the effects of a fresh start mindset on attitudes toward
the banks. Furthermore, we try to predict how optimism judgment bias and arousal can affect …