Numerical ability predicts mortgage default

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 11267-11271

  Gerardi, Kristopher ^a   Goette, Lorenz ^b   Meier, Stephan ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer finance; Foreclosure; Limited rationality; Subprime loans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXTERNAL DEBT; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION LITERACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879941690     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220568110     Document Type: Article

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