Financial knowledge and best practice behavior

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-70

  Robb, Cliff A ^a   Woodyard, Ann S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial behavior; Financial knowledge; Financial satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960775079     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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