Debtor education, financial literacy, and pending bankruptcy legislation

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-366

  Wiener, Richard L ^a,b   Baron Donovan, Corinne ^c   Gross, Karen ^d   Block Lieb, Susan ^e  

^a 238 Burnett Hall ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^e FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LAW; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BANKRUPTCY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22144440085     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.634     Document Type: Review

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