Benjamin F. Cummings

The American College of Financial Services

Associate Professor of Behavioral Finance

270 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

United States

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The Effect of Mutual Fund Fees on Performance: A Review of the Literature for Practitioners

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 Dec 2011
Benjamin F. Cummings
The American College of Financial Services
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mutual fund fees, mutual fund performance

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The Economics of Fiduciary Investment Advice

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 02 Nov 2010
Michael S. Finke and Benjamin F. Cummings
The American College and The American College of Financial Services
Downloads 297 (97,470)
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The Impact of Financial Advisors on the Subsequent Wealth of Older Adults

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 May 2014
Benjamin F. Cummings and Russell N. James
The American College of Financial Services and Texas Tech University
Downloads 269 (108,336)

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financial advice, household finance, financial advisor, AHEAD, equity market participation

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Bounded Rationality Strikes Again: The Impact of Cognitive Ability and Financial Planners on Roth IRA Adoption and Ownership

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 09 May 2014
Benjamin F. Cummings, Michael S. Finke and Russell N. James
The American College of Financial Services, The American College and Texas Tech University
Downloads 185 (156,127)

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cognitive ability, financial planner, Roth IRA, National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY)

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Saving for a Bleaker Tomorrow: iOMe Challenge 2010

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2011
Chris Browning, Benjamin F. Cummings, Michael S. Finke, Thomas Charles O'Malley and Shaun Alvin Pfeiffer
Texas Tech University, The American College of Financial Services, The American College, Texas Tech University - Department of Personal Financial Planning and Texas Tech University - Applied and Professional Studies
Downloads 156 (181,213)

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Retirement Policy, Social Security, Household Finance

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Determinants of Seeking Financial Advice Among Older Adults

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 10 May 2014
Benjamin F. Cummings and Russell N. James
The American College of Financial Services and Texas Tech University
Downloads 67 (323,567)

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financial advice, help seeking, widowhood, financial advisor, AHEAD

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Determinants of the Stated Probability of Purchase for Longevity Insurance

Guillemette, M. A., Martin, T. K., Cummings, B. F. and James, R. N. (2015). Determinants of the stated probability of purchase for longevity insurance. Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance – Issues and Practice, 41(1), 4-23.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2016
Michael Guillemette, Terrance Martin, Benjamin F. Cummings and Russell N. James
Texas Tech University - Department of Personal Financial Planning, University of Texas - Pan American - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics & Finance, The American College of Financial Services and Texas Tech University
Downloads 66 (326,171)

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longevity insurance, deferred annuity, annuitization

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Victim Characteristics of Investment Fraud

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Victim Characteristics of Investment Fraud

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2019
Steven Lee, Benjamin F. Cummings and Jason Martin
The American College of Financial Services, The American College of Financial Services and Swarthmore College
Downloads 56 (359,231)

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fraud, investment fraud, behavioral finance, victim characteristics, fraud languages

Victim Characteristics of Investment Fraud

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Feb 2019
Steven Lee, Benjamin F. Cummings and Jason Martin
The American College of Financial Services, The American College of Financial Services and Swarthmore College
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The Value of Financial Designations: A Consumer Perspective

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 21 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2018
Sterling Raskie, Jason Martin, Craig Lemoine and Benjamin F. Cummings
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance, The American College of Financial Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and The American College of Financial Services
Downloads 33 (435,067)

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Financial Planning, Wealth Management

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The Role of Financial Professionals and Charitable Donations on Inter Vivos Gifting

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 03 Dec 2011
Benjamin F. Cummings
The American College of Financial Services
Downloads 27 (462,773)

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inter vivos gifts, charitable giving, financial professionals, tax planning

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Chapter 6: Financial Planners and Advisors

Financial Behavior: Players, Services, Products, and Markets. H. Kent Baker, Greg Filbeck, and Victor Ricciardi, editors, 97-117, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Posted: 06 Jun 2017
Benjamin F. Cummings
The American College of Financial Services

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behavioral finance, behavioural finance, financial planners, financial advisors, agency costs, conflicts of interest, registered investment advisers, broker-dealers