Science news articles about 'journal of consumer affairs'

... leads to poor business decisions. Research published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs shows that consumers are not the helpless pawns that consumer protection advocates often ...

... new study published in the Journal of Consumer Affairs examined consumers' self-assessments of their credit ... Perry analyzed data from the Freddie Mac Consumer Credit Survey. The survey collected data ...

... professionals, policy makers and regulators, and it is published in the new issue of Journal of Consumer Affairs. Based on the study's participants, targeting borrower vulnerabilities, lending more ...

... portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs reveals that television series often portray mixed messages about alcohol, but ...

... of American and Canadian teens. Both studies appear in the Summer 2009 issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs. The Wolburg study reveals that, despite good intentions to quit smoking after college, ...