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Sherman D. Hanna

Business, Management and Accounting · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1974
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement AnalysisHousing Market and EconomicsGender, Labor, and Family DynamicsHousing, Finance, and NeoliberalismRetirement, Disability, and Employment

Publications

172

Citations

3,418

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

53

Publishing since 1974

Research summary
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Sherman D. Hanna studies household financial behavior, including how financial knowledge, self-control, and risk tolerance shape decisions about saving, retirement planning, investing, and debt. His work often draws on large survey datasets to examine differences across racial/ethnic groups, renters versus homeowners, and married couples' financial knowledge. This research area is relevant to students interested in personal finance, consumer economics, and retirement planning policy.

Financial literacy and knowledgeRetirement planning and saving behaviorHousehold debt and housing financeRisk tolerance and investment decisionsRacial/ethnic disparities in financial outcomes

Publication output has gradually declined over the last decade, from a peak of about 9 papers in 2018 to roughly 2-4 per year in recent years, with a five-year average of about 3.2 publications annually.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 3.2/year recently
2017: 4 publications172018: 9 publications9182019: 6 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 7 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 4 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 2 publications252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×21
  • Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning×10
  • Financial Services Review×7
  • Applied Economics Letters×4
  • Journal of Consumer Affairs×3
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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