A Review of Best Papers in Personal Finance: 2008–2020

Abstract

Since 2009, the Family & Consumer Sciences Research Journal (FCSRJ) has annually selected the Best Papers published in each of the subdisciplines of FCSRJ. The authors are honored at the June annual conference of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). This paper focuses on the 13 Best Papers in Personal Finance for the time period of 2008 to 2020 and also includes five additional papers in Personal Finance in which the author was designated as an Emerging Scholar for that specific year. The results demonstrated the importance of the history of home management, food insecurity, college student financial behavior, college student loans, housing, and retirement and saving decisions.

Family and Consumer Sciences Researchers' publishing prospects: Review of three research journals

“…A lesson learned on the part of the authors was to realize the importance of titles which communicate the essence of the research article. The researcher may also find an informative article covering many research papers from one specific journal such as "A Review of Best Papers in Personal Finance: 2008-2020" (DeVaney & Lee, 2022) which provided a detailed analysis of research topics, methodologies, data analysis, and theoretic and conceptual frameworks for the 13 best papers in personal finance published in FCSRJ and also five additional papers from relatively new researchers.…”