Finke, Michael

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    Financial Advice: Does it Make a Difference?
    (2012-09-01) Finke, Michael
    The financial advice profession provides a potentially valuable service to consumers within an increasingly complex financial marketplace. Financial advice professionals can substitute for costly investment in financial knowledge by households. This chapter provides evidence that financial advisers can improve financial outcomes when the interests of the advisor and household are aligned. Yet professional advice can harm consumers if conflicts of interest create high agency costs. Understanding how differences in compensation methods and regulatory frameworks affect incentives is essential to improving the breadth and quality of professional advice.