Financial decision making and cognition in a family context

Economic Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 548, 2010, Pages

  Smith, James P ^a   McArdle, John J ^b   Willis, Robert ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FINANCE; LITERACY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77958612803     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2010.02394.x     Document Type: Article

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