Limited and varying consumer attention: Evidence from shocks to the salience of bank overdraft fees

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 990-1030

  Stango, Victor ^a   Zinman, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

D14; G02; G2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898957076     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhu008     Document Type: Article

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