Financial literacy and stock market participation

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 449-472

  van Rooij, Maarten ^a,b   Lusardi, Annamaria ^b,c,d   Alessie, Rob ^b,e,f  

^a Dutch Central Bank ^*  (Netherlands)

^b NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Financial sophistication; Knowledge of economics and finance; Learning from peers; Portfolio choice; Risk diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957959761     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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