Effects of family income and life cycle stages on financial asset ownership

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 7, Issue , 1996, Pages 21-30

  Xiao, Jing J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Family life cycle; Financial assets; Individual investors; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043064588     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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