Though perceived financial well-being is viewed as an important topic of consumer research, the literature contains no accepted definition of this construct. Further, there has been little systematic examination of how perceived financial well-being may affect overall well-being. Using consumer...

'The Handbook of Marketing Scales' is a compilation of multi-item, self-report measures developed and/or frequently used in consumer behavior and marketing research. Over 150 scales are included in the handbook, many of which were originally published in marketing- and consumer-related journals...

Policy makers have embraced financial education as a necessary antidote to the increasing complexity of consumers' financial decisions over the last generation. We conduct a meta-analysis of the relationship of financial literacy and of financial education to financial behaviors in 168 papers...