Solving the Annuity Puzzle: The Role of Mortality Salience in Retirement Savings Decumulation Decisions Linda Court Salisbury Gergana Y. Nenkov Boston College Forthcoming, Journal of Consumer Psychology Author Note Linda Court Salisbury and Gergana Y. Nenkov, Carroll School of Management, Boston College. The authors would like to thank Boston College and the Solitude Research Support Initiative at the Carroll School of Management for financial support. Correspondence concerning this manuscript should be addressed to Linda Court Salisbury, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, e-mail: linda.salisbury@bc.edu, phone: (617) 552 3142.