Asset ownership by black and white families

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-45

  DeVaney, Sharon A ^a   Anong, Sophia T ^b   Yang, Yuan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset ownership; Black families; Survey of consumer finances; White families

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958825717     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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