“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My research interests include financial decision-making (with an emphasis on the relationship between financial knowledge and observable financial behavior), college student financial behavior, and financial satisfaction and well-being.
Education
PhD, Personal Financial Planning, University of Missouri–Columbia
MS, Consumer Economics, University of Alabama–Tuscaloosa
BA, Psychology (minor: History), University of the South
Affiliations
Center for Financial Security
Institute for Research on Poverty
Recent press
Slimmer Black Friday crowds as pandemic impacts holiday shopping, WKOW 27 News, November 27, 2020
Student loans might keep you from buying a house with Dr. Cliff Robb, Gen Z Green Podcast, November 9, 2020
How the pandemic is impacting Halloween spending this year, NBC 15 News, October 19, 2020
Advice to investors worried about coronavirus: ‘No reason to make any moves’, CBS 58 News, March 6, 2020
How big is America’s household debt burden today? Overall, not so bad, PolitiFact, December 27, 2019
Social Media
Twitter: @CliffRobb