The Foundation supports research to understand the financial capability of American households, financial fraud and consumer protection, and what works when it comes to financial education and protection. Explore the resulting reports and data sets using the filters below.
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Research Center
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Nov 15, 2010
With a grant from the Foundation, researchers at Princeton explored the effects of three behavioral biases on investment decisions.
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May 19, 2010
Researchers from Harvard and Yale applied a Foundation grant to study whether and how aggregation of investment information affects investor behavior.
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May 19, 2010
With a Foundation grant, researchers from Harvard and Yale explored whether use of a "Summary Prospectus" might improve investor decision making
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Jul 01, 2009
With a Foundation grant, Learning Point Associates ran a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the causal impact of the Stock Market Game on math achievement and investing knowledge.
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Aug 01, 2007
Researchers from Princeton studied three biases that can affect investing decisions and tested interventions mean to minimize detrimental affects of these biases.
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Aug 01, 2007
In this investment fraud risk survey of investors ages 55-64, the Foundation found that many older investors engage in specific behaviors that put them at risk of becoming fraud victims.
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May 12, 2006
In this seminal Foundation grant project, WISE Senior Services and the Consumer Fraud Research Group developed fraud victim profiles and identified the key persuasion tactics used to perpetrate fraud schemes, including investment fraud.