Informed choice: Consumer preferences for information on pensions

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-267

  Summers, Barbara ^a   Ironfield Smith, Christine ^a   Duxbury, Darren ^a   Hudson, Robert ^a   Keasey, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer; Information; Informed choice; Pensions; Understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349120436     PISSN: 13581988     EISSN: 17400279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13581980510622117     Document Type: Article

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