Cognitive abilities and household financial decision making

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 193-207

  Agarwal, Sumit ^a   Mazumder, Bhashkar ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84873511822     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.5.1.193     Document Type: Article

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