Financial Behaviors and Financial Well-Being of College Students: Evidence from a National Survey

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 699-714

  Gutter, Michael ^a   Copur, Zeynep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

College students; Financial behavior; Financial dispositions; Financial education; Financial well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455135739     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-011-9255-2     Document Type: Article

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