Measuring the financial sophistication of households

American Economic Review

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-398

  Calvet, Laurent E ^a   Campbell, John Y ^a,b   Sodini, Paolo ^c  

^a NBER ^*

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 73849137871     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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