Are we making the grade? A national overview of financial education and program evaluation

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-235

  Lyons, Angela C ^a   Palmer, Lance ^b   Jayaratne, Koralalage S U ^c   Scherpf, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 33748328078     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2006.00056.x     Document Type: Review

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