The financial risk tolerance of Blacks, Hispanics and Whites

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-62

  Yao, Rui ^a   Gutter, Michael S ^b   Hanna, Sherman D ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Financial risk tolerance; Preferences; Race; Survey of Consumer Finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864099908     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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