Investment in financial literacy and saving decisions

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2779-2792

  Jappelli, Tullio ^a   Padula, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Financial literacy; Human capital; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878655865     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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