Annuities, Financial Literacy, and Information Overload

Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Agnew, Julie ^a,b,c   Szykman, Lisa ^a  

^a Raymond A Mason School of Business   (United States)

^b Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annuitize; Annuity; Education; Financial literacy; Investment; Market; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878181020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199696819.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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