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Thomas Korankye

Assistant Professor, Personal and Family Financial Planning | Member of the Graduate Faculty

School of Human Ecology-RES

Research Area

financial decision making, college savings, financial planning, student debt, household finance, household economics, well-being, investor sophistication, annuity insurance, financial capability

Recent

Student loan debt in retirement: identifying the correlates and implications for policy, practice and research

2024

student loan debt, retirement, policy, practice, research

Examining U.S. Millennial Retirement Plan Participation Decisions: The Roles of Employer Contributions and Automatic Enrollment

2024

retirement planning, millennials, employer contributions, automatic enrollment, financial decision making

The Effect of Student Loan Debt on Emergency Savings and the Moderating Role of Financial Knowledge: Evidence from the U.S. Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking

2024

student loans, household economics

Student loan debt and U.S. married households’ stock investment decisions

2023

financial decision making, household finance, education finance, investment behavior, married couples finance

Managing Household Finances: How Engaging in Financial Management Activities Relates to the Experiential Well-Being of Americans

2023

household finances, financial management, experiential well-being, americans, engagement

Financial Advice Use and Saving for Children’s College Education: A Propensity Score Matching Approach

2023

financial education, college savings, propensity score matching, financial planning, child education

The nexus between investor sophistication and annuity insurance ownership: evidence from FINRA's National Financial Capability Study

2023

investor sophistication, annuity insurance, financial capability, investor behavior, insurance ownership

The Role of Financial Advisors in Shaping Investment Beliefs

2023

finance, investment, financial advisors, beliefs, behavioral economics

The role of financial advice in promoting college savings among households

2022

financial advice, college savings, household finance, investment behavior, education planning

The association between financial literacy confidence and financial satisfaction

2022

financial literacy, confidence, financial satisfaction, association, financial behavior

Chris Segrin
Melissa Barnett
Melissa Curran
Melissa Delgado
Norma Perez-Brena

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Undergrad Research Opp Paid, Volunteer, For Credit
Prerequisite Courses: Research Methods; Statistics Majors: Personal and Family Financial Planning; Economics

Financial Technology for Financial Planners
Retail Financial Services
Client Communication and Counseling for Financial Planners
Applied Family Investment Planning and Savings Strategies

6+ Collaborators

$10K / $10K Funding

20+ Publications