We explore the relationship between financial literacy and self-reported economic outcomes using survey data from the United States. Our dataset includes a large number of covariates from the National Financial Capability Study (NCFS), widely used by literacy researchers, and we use a new...

In this article, the effects of fee-for-service personal financial planning on the decision making of a profit-maximizing life insurance general agent are examined. Three refutable propositions are developed which implicate the movements of the general agent who must adjust to a new optimal...