Is ignorance bliss? Consumer accuracy in judgments about credit ratings

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-205

  Perry, Vanessa Gail ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 44449155859     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2008.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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