Determinants of the use of heuristic choice rules in the Swedish Premium Pension Scheme: An Internet-based survey

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-126

  Hedesström, Ted Martin ^a   Svedsäter, Henrik ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heuristic choice rules; Internet based survey; Premium pension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845902536     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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