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Research Articles by YSU Professors

Many of the articles published in academic journals relating to financial literacy were published by professors at Youngstown State University. Dr. Ronald P. Volpe, Professor of Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, has partnered with various other faculty & professionals to publish research findings in the area of financial literacy. Following is a list of links to some of their work:

  • Financial Literacy, Education, and Services in the Workplace
    Haiyang Chen, Director E*Trade Financial Learning Center, Cotsakos College of Business, William Paterson
    Ronald P. Volpe, Professor of Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State
    B>Quest (Business Quest): A Journal of Applied Topics in Business And Economics, 2005
  • Personal Investment Literacy Among College Students: A Survey
    Ronald P. Volpe, Professor of Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State
    Haiyang Chen, Professor of Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State
    Joseph J. Pavlicko, Business Analyst for Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania
    Financial Practice and Education, Fall/Winter 1996, 86-94
  • A Survey of Board Financial Literacy
    Ron Volpe, Professor of Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State
    Peter Woodlock, Professor of Accounting & Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, YSU
    Corporate Finance Review, Vol. 12, No. 5 (March/April 2008), 16-21
  • A Survey of Investment Literacy Among Online Investors
    Ronald P. Volpe, Professor of Finance, Williamson College of Business Administration, Youngstown State
    Joseph E. Kotel, Staff Accountant, Falcon Transport, Youngstown, Ohio
    Haiyang Chen, Professor Finance, Director E*Trade Financial Learning Center, Cotsakos College of Business
    Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, 2002

Financial Literacy Research Articles

Following is a list of links to some of the research that has been published or distributed regarding financial literacy. These are articles that I have come across in my study of the subject, but is by no means an exhaustive list of all the research available. See the “Business Databases: Finding Articles About Financial Literacy” section below for information about finding other articles published about this subject.

Business Databases: Finding Articles About Financial Literacy

Use the databases listed below to search for articles and business information. While these databases provide a good starting point for your research, other databases are also available. To view the complete list of databases, go to the Maag Library Home Page and click on Research Databases on the left side of the screen under Quick Links.

Many articles may be found full-text within the databases, while many others may be found in print in the bound journals on the sixth floor of the library. If you’re having trouble locating the full-text of an article, contact Christine (contact information above left).

Click on the database titles below if you are in the library or on campus. If you are off campus, click on the Off Campus Access link to authenticate using the library barcode on the back of your YSU ID. Click HERE for more information about Off Campus Access.

  • ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE / OFF CAMPUS ACCESS / ABOUT ACADEMIC SEARCH COMPLETE
    Academic Search Complete, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world’s most comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
  • BUSINESS SOURCE COMPLETE / OFF CAMPUS ACCESS / ABOUT BSC / BSC USER GUIDE
    Business Source Complete is a scholarly business database, providing bibliographic and full text content. BSC provides full text journals in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM (Production & Operations Management), accounting, finance and economics. Additional full text, nonjournal content includes financial data, books, monographs, major reference works, book digests, conference proceedings, case studies, investment research reports, industry profiles, market research reports, product reviews, country reports, company profiles, SWOT analyses and more.
  • ECONLIT / OFF CAMPUS ACCESS / ABOUT ECONLIT
    EconLit, the American Economic Association’s electronic database, is the world’s foremost source of references to economic literature. The database contains more than 785,000 records from 1969-present. EconLit covers virtually every area related to economics.
  • ELECTRONIC JOURNAL CENTER / EJC HELP & TIPS
    Electronic Journal Center includes the full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas. Most electronic indexes available to the Ohio academic community link from article citations to the full text in the EJC.
  • JSTOR (Journal Storage) / OFF CAMPUS ACCESS / JSTOR TUTORIALS
    JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization with a dual mission to create and maintain a trusted archive of important scholarly journals, and to provide access to these journals as widely as possible. JSTOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. The journals archived in JSTOR span many disciplines. JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR’s archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR.
  • PAIS INTERNATIONAL / ABOUT PAIS INTERNATIONAL
    PAIS International is an index to the literature of public affairs — current issues and actions which affect the world communities, countries, people, and governments. This database covers important political, economic, and social issues. PAIS concentrates on topics that are or might become the subject of legislation. It contains references to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more.
  • REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS / OFF CAMPUS ACCESS / ABOUT REGIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
    Regional Business News is a collection of full text newswires that incorporates news information from all over the world. Information provided by these sources covers business, political, economic and other diverse, international news events. In order to maintain the most current collection of news, this database contains the most recent 30 days of information from each of these wire sources.
  • TOPICSEARCH / OFF CAMPUS ACCESS / ABOUT TOPICSEARCH
    TOPICsearch is a current events database that allows researchers to explore social, political and economic issues, scientific discoveries and other popular topics discussed in today’s classrooms. TOPICsearch contains full text for articles from magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, biographies, book reviews, public opinion polls, EBSCO’s Current Issues database, and government information.

MJF: Maag Journal Finder

Use Maag Library Home Page, click on MJF: Maag Journal Finder on the left side of the screen under Quick Links.
View the breakdown of Subject Headings in Business & Economics.

Following is a list of some of the journals in which you may find articles about financial literacy. BSC=Business Source Complete; EJC=Electronic Journal Center.

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