Consumer Economic Wellbeing

Dr. Jing Jian Xiao is Professor of Consumer Economics at University of Rhode Island. He teaches courses and conducts research on consumer economic issues. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Family and Economic Issues and the Editor-in-Chief of this book series, International Series on Consumer Science. In addition, he serves on editorial boards of several other journals in consumer economics and finance. He has published extensively in areas of consumer economics and finance, including a new book entitled Handbook& of Consumer Finance Research (2008, Springer). He has played leadership roles in professional organizations in consumer economics, having served as the president of American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI), the president of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association, among others. He received his Ph.D. in consumer economics from Oregon State University. He was the TCA Professor and Director of Take Charge America Institute for Consumer Financial Educationand Research at University of Arizona in 2005-2007.

I. Basic concepts.- Consumer wellbeing.- Consumer behavior theories.- II. Consumer environments.- Government regulations.- Business responses.- Media influences.- III. Consumer economic issues.- Consumer earning.- Consumer spending.- Consumer borrowing.- Consumer saving.- IV. Special topics.- Politics and consumer well-being.- Technology and consumer wellbeing.- Human development and consumer wellbeing.- Family relations and consumer well-being.- Cultures and consumer wellbeing.- Social class and consumer wellbeing.