The impact of financial literacy education on subsequent financial behavior

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-24

  Mandell, Lewis ^a   Klein, Linda Schmid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial literacy; Financial management; High school students; Personal financial management course

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953754941     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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