Call for Papers
2013 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making: Abstract Submission Deadline December 15, 2012

May 19-21, 2013, Boulder, Colorado

Please note the upcoming December 15 Abstract Submission Deadline for the 2013 Boulder Summer Conference on Consumer Financial Decision Making to be held May 19-21, 2013, St. Julien Hotel, Boulder, Colorado

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: To submit an extended abstract (1 page single spaced), please visit the conference website http://leeds.colorado.edu/event/bouldersummerconference#overview and click on the Submit Paper Abstract link.

CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: Consumer welfare is strongly affected by household financial decisions large and small: choosing mortgages; saving to fund college education or retirement; using credit cards to fund current consumption; choosing how to "decumulate" savings in retirement; deciding how to pay for health care and insurance; and investing in the stock market, managing debt in the face of financial distress. This conference brings together outstanding scholars from around the world in a unique interdisciplinary conversation with regulators, business people in financial services, and consumer advocates working on problems of consumer financial decision-making.

Our goal is to stimulate cross-disciplinary conversation and improve basic and applied research in the emerging area of consumer financial decision-making. This research can inform our understanding of how consumers actually make such decisions and how consumers can be helped to make better decisions by innovations in public policy, business, and consumer education. Please see the
2010 (http://leeds.colorado.edu/event/bouldersummerconference#2010conference),
2011 (http://leeds.colorado.edu/event/bouldersummerconference#2011conference),
and 2012 (http://leeds.colorado.edu/event/bouldersummerconference#2012conference) programs on the conference website to see abstracts of research by scholars in economics, psychology, sociology, behavioral finance, consumer research, decision sciences, behavioral economics, and law. Our format allows a very high level of opportunity for conversation and interaction around the ideas presented.