Changing college students' financial knowledge, attitudes, and behavior through seminar participation

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-40

  Borden, Lynne M ^a   Lee, Sun A ^b   Serido, Joyce ^a   Collins, Dawn ^a  

^a Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Financial attitudes; Financial behavior; Financial education; Financial knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149144546     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-007-9087-2     Document Type: Article

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