Economic literacy: An international comparison

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 548, 2010, Pages

  Jappelli, Tullio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LITERACY; MACROECONOMICS; PANEL DATA;

EID: 77958532147     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02397.x     Document Type: Article

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