Consumer financial protection

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-114

  Campbell, John Y ^a,e   Jackson, Howell E ^b,e   Madrian, Brigitte C ^c,e   Tufano, Peter ^d,e  

^a Morton L and Carole S Olshan Department of Economics   (United States)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951803207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 08953309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.25.1.91     Document Type: Conference Paper

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