Trust in UK pensions policy: A different approach?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-74

  Ring, Patrick John ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer; Pensions; Policy; Trust

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; FINANCIAL POLICY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; PENSION SYSTEM; SAVINGS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 11344295634     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/0305573052708519     Document Type: Article

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