The Journal of Consumer Affairs articles from December 2006

The Journal of Consumer Affairs archives from December 2006

Robert O. Herrmann: 1932-2006.(American Council on Consumer Interests)(In memoriam)
December 22, 2006... With Bob Herrmann's untimely and unexpected death on April 3, 2006, American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) lost an early and influential leader and a career-long good citizen of the association. The field of consumer affairs lost a...

2006 distinguished ACCI fellow: Jeanne M. Hogarth: presentation to Jeanne Hogarth by Jing Jian Xiao March 16, 2006.(American Council on Consumer Interests)
December 22, 2006... The group was coming back from dinner at the 1990 American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) annual conference in New Orleans. At the door to the hotel, a purse snatcher took off with Frankie Schwenk's purse. Without missing a beat, Jeanne...

Are we making the grade? A national overview of financial education and program evaluation.
December 22, 2006... Many financial education providers still do not have a basic level of evaluation capacity and are unable to identify program outcomes and design effective evaluation instruments. It is difficult to propose a national evaluation strategy without...

Promises, promises: how consumers respond to warranties in Internet retailing.
December 22, 2006... Past studies have shown that perceived risk is a critical determinant of purchase intention in non-store retailing contexts, including Internet retailing. Extant literature in physical retailing suggests that warranties can be a significant...

The influence of individual factors on the effectiveness of message content in antismoking advertisements aimed at adolescents.
December 22, 2006... An estimated 440,000 Americans die each year from smoking-related diseases. Almost 90% of smokers begin smoking before the age of 21. Each day, nearly 6,000 children under the age of 18 start smoking; of these, nearly 2,000 will become regular...

College students' responses to antismoking messages: denial, defiance, and other boomerang effects.
December 22, 2006... Despite the success of antismoking campaigns that aim to prevent young teens from smoking, this qualitative study provides strong evidence that different initiatives are needed for college students, particularly those who already smoke. When...

Gender differences in debt repayment problems after divorce.
December 22, 2006... Studies have shown that a growing number of divorced women were experiencing debt repayment problems during the 1980s. This study uses data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to (1) examine how debt repayment problems differ by marital...

The allocation of food expenditure in married- and single-parent families.
December 22, 2006... Differences in food expenditures in married- and single-parent families are examined using the Consumer Expenditure Survey Diary Component (1990-2003). Single parents, compared to married parents, allocate a greater share of their food budget...

The effect of demographic, economic, and nutrition factors on the frequency of food away from home.
December 22, 2006... Food away from home, especially fast food, is often cited as contributing to obesity and other nutritional problems. This negative publicity can affect demand. Models explaining visits to table service and fast food restaurants are estimated,...

Subliminal advertising and the perpetual popularity of playing to people's paranoia.
December 22, 2006... Every 20 years, subliminal advertising pops back into popular culture. August Bullock (2004a) is the most recent "advocate" with his book The Secret Sales Pitch: An Overview of Subliminal Advertising. This paper reviews nearly 50 years of...

Depending on the kindness of strangers.(EDITORIAL POSTLUDE)
December 22, 2006... Since the store is on the opposite side of town, the holiday gift certificate had been sitting for months. This meant that on a sunny spring day, I had an added excuse to ride my motorcycle home from the office via a slightly different route...