Here is the table of contents for the upcoming Summer 2008 issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs, Volume 42, Number 2 :
Special Issue on Financial Literacy: Public Policy and Consumers’ Self-Protection
Editorial Prelude: Financial Literacy, Public Policy, and Consumers’ Self-Protection—More Questions, Fewer Answers by John Kozup and Jeanne M. Hogarth
A Framework for Promoting Retirement Savings by Josh Wiener and Tabitha Doescher
Toward a General Model of Consumer Empowerment and Welfare in Financial Markets with an Application to Mortgage Servicers by Paula Fitzgerald Bone
Is Ignorance Bliss? Consumer Accuracy in Judgments about Credit Ratings by Vanessa Gail Perry
Saving for Retirement: The Effects of Fund Assortment Size and Investor Knowledge on Asset Allocation Strategies by 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 by 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 by Nicholas Wonder, Wendy Wilhelm, and David Fewings
Consumer Financial Literacy and the Impact of Online Banking on the Financial Behavior of Lower-Income Bank Customers by Lisa J. Servon and Robert Kaestner
Editorial Postlude: Financial literacy by Herbert Jack Rotfeld