Keeping it simple: Financial literacy and rules of thumb

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1-31

  Drexler, Alejandro ^a   Fischer, Greg ^b   Schoar, Antoinette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84898733843     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.6.2.1     Document Type: Article

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