JCA Best Paper Award
Introduction
Nominations are sought for the best article award from Journal of Consumer Affairs papers published in 2008 and 2009; Deadline 4 Jan 2010
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Journal of Consumer Affairs Best Article Award
At the ACCI conference in Atlanta next April, the Journal of Consumer Affairs editor will announce the best article award from research papers published in 2008 and 2009. The award aims to recognize and encourage high quality scholarship in the consumers’ interests with the honoree receiving a plaque and a $1000 award.
The following criteria will be utilizing in determining the “best article” in the Journal of Consumer Affairs.
● An article that is well-written that contains scholarly research and professionally information opinions that involve analysis of individual, business, and/or government decisions and actions that impact on the interests of consumers.
● An article that addresses an important consumer issue in an innovative and creative way.
● An article that is recognized as having the potential to make a significant contribution to enhancing the consumers’ interests.
Procedure
The ACCI membership, ad hoc reviewers, editorial review board members and Journal of Consumer Affairs readers are invited to nominate articles for the best article award (in other words, the immediate world). The potential articles for the 2010 Journal of Consumer Affairs Best Article Award are listed below. Nominations must be received by the Editor, Herbert Jack Rotfeld no later than January 4, 2010 via email (rotfeld@auburn.edu with subject line: "JCA best paper nomination"). Include in the nomination the title, authors, and full reference (volume; issue, and pages).
Spring 2008, Volume 42, Number 1
No Pain, No Strain: Impact of Health on the Financial Security of Older Americans
Hyungsoo Kim and Angela C. Lyons
The Effects of Summary Information on Consumer Perceptions of Mutual Fund Characteristics
John Kozup, Elizabeth Howlett, and Michael Pagano
Recognizing Consumer Issues in DTC Pharmaceutical Advertising
Marla B. Royne and Susan D. Myers
What Am I Drinking? The Effects of Serving Facts Information on Alcohol Beverage Containers
My Bui, Scot Burton, Elizabeth Howlett, and John Kozup
Use, Misuse, and Abuse of Content Analysis for Research on the Consumer Interest
Les Carlson
Potential and Pitfalls of Applying Theory to the Practice of Financial Education
Angela C. Lyons and Urvi Neelakantan
Measuring What Really Matters to Consumers
Robert N. Mayer
Summer 2008, Volume 42, Number 2
A Framework for Promoting Retirement Savings
Josh Wiener and Tabitha Doescher
Toward a General Model of Consumer Empowerment and Welfare in Financial Markets with an Application to Mortgage Servicers
Paula Fitzgerald Bone
Is Ignorance Bliss? Consumer Accuracy in Judgments about Credit Ratings
Vanessa Gail Perry
Saving for Retirement: The Effects of Fund Assortment Size and Investor Knowledge on Asset Allocation Strategies
Maureen Morrin, Susan Broniarczyk, J. Jeffrey Inman and John Broussard
The Role of Self-Regulation, Future Orientation, and Financial Knowledge in Long-Term Financial Decisions
Elizabeth Howlett, Jeremy Kees and Elyria Kemp
The Financial Rationality of Consumer Loan Choices: Revealed Preferences Concerning Interest Rates, Down Payments, Contract Length and Rebates
Nicholas X. Wonder, Wendy Wilhelm and David R. Fewings
Consumer Financial Literacy and the Impact of Online Banking on the Financial Behavior of Lower Income Bank Customers
Lisa J. Servon and Robert Kaestner
Fall 2008, Volume 42, Number 3
Disentangling the Differences Between Abusive and Predatory Lending: Professionals’ Perspectives
Lucy M. Delgadillo, Luke V. Erickson and Kathleen W. Piercy
An Open Mind Wants More: Opinion Strength and the Desire for Genetically Modified Food Labeling Policy
Sonja Radas, Mario F. Teisl and Brian Roe
Parental Influence and Teens’ Attitude toward Online Privacy Protection
Seounmi Youn
Neuromarketing and Consumer Free Will
R. Mark Wilson, Jeannie Gaines and Ronald Paul Hill
Consumers’ Understanding of Privacy Rules in the Marketplace
Joseph Turow, Michael Hennessy and Amy Bleakley
Consumer Vulnerability and Credit Card Knowledge Among Developmentally Disabled Citizens
Phylis M. Mansfield and Mary Beth Pinto
Picture-Text Incongruency in Print Advertisements among Low- and High-Literacy Consumers
Haeran Jae, Devon S. Delvecchio, and Deborah Cowles
Product Safety Regulation as a Model for Financial Services Regulation
Elizabeth Warren
Pet Peeves: Trademark Law and the Consumer Enjoyment of Brand Pet Parodies
Ross D. Petty
The Often-Forgotten Non-Funeral Consumer Grief for the Grieving
Elizabeth Taylor Quilliam
Cautions and Concerns in Experimental Research on the Consumer Interest
Marla B. Royne
Spring 2009, Volume 43, Number 1
State Prescription Drug Policies, Cost Barriers, and the Use of Acute Care Services by Medicaid Beneficiaries
Sharon Tennyson and Hae Kyung Yang
Consumer Self-Confidence in Searching for Information
Cäzilia Loibl, Soo Hyun Cho, Florian Diekmann, and Marvin T. Batte
The Bold and the Bankable: How the Nuestro Barrio Telenovela Reaches Latino Immigrants with Financial Education
Jonathan Spader, Janneke Ratcliffe, Jorge Montoya, and Peter Skillern
Explaining Financial Management Behavior for Koreans Living in the United States
John E. Grable, Joo-Yung Park and So-hyun Joo
Alcohol Messages in Prime-Time Television Series
Cristel Antonia Russell and Dale W. Russell
Playing With Food: Content Analysis of Food Advergames
Mira Lee, Yoonhyeung Choi, Elizabeth Taylor Quilliam and Richard T. Cole
Trends in Journal of Consumer Affairs Feature Articles: 1967-2007
Russell N. James III and Brenda J. Cude
Understanding Communication Research Findings
Ivan L. Preston
Common Fallacies in Law-Related Consumer Research
Jef I. Richards
Summer 2009, Volume 43, Number 2
On Break-up Clichés Guiding Health Literacy’s Future
Paula Fitzgerald Bone, Karen Russo France and Kathryn J. Aikin
Health Literacy for Improved Health Outcomes: Effective Capital in the Marketplace
Natalie Ross Adkins and Canan Corus
Health Insurance Literacy of Older Adults
Lauren McCormack, Carla Bann, Jennifer Uhrig, Nancy Berkman, Rima Rudd
The Roles of Gender and Motivation as Moderators of the Effects of Calorie and Nutrient Information Provisions on Away-from-Home-Foods
Kenneth Bates, Scot Burton, Elizabeth Howlett, and Kyle Huggins
Using the Thrifty Food Plan to Assess the Cost of a Nutritious Diet
Parke Wilde and Joseph Llobrera
Misguided Optimism Among College Student Smokers: Leveraging Their Quit Smoking Strategies for Smoking Cessation Campaigns
Joyce M. Wolburg
The Effectiveness of Cigarette Warning Label Threats on Non-Smoking Adolescents
Lalla Ilhame Sabbane, Tina M. Lowrey, and Jean-Charles Chebat
Complex Sample Design Effects and Health Insurance Variance Estimation
Robert B. Nielsen, Michael Davern, Arthur Jones Jr. and John L. Boies
The Impact of Consumers’ Health Literacy on Public Health
Marian Levy and Marla B. Royne
Fall 2009, Volume 43, Number 3
Privacy in the Information Economy
Jeff Langenderfer and Anthony D. Miyazaki
Determinants of Online Privacy Concern and Its Influence on Privacy Protection Behaviors among Young Adolescents
Seounmi Youn
Consumers’ Rules of Engagement in Online Information Exchanges
Amit Poddar, Jill Mosteller, and Pam Scholder Ellen
Toward an Understanding of the Online Consumers’ Risky Behavior and Protection Practices
George R. Milne, Lauren I. Labrecque, and Cory Cromer
Providing Parents with Online Privacy Information: Approaches in the United States and the United Kingdom
Andrea J. S. Stanaland, May O. Lwin, and Susanna Leong
Standing in the Footprint: Including the Self in the Privacy Debate and Policy Development
Patricia A. Norberg, David A. Horne, and Daniel R. Horne