Financial literacy, public policy, and consumers' self-protection - More questions, fewer answers

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-136

  Kozup, John ^a   Hogarth, Jeanne M ^a  

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EID: 44349164519     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2008.00101.x     Document Type: Review

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