Fees, Framing, and Financial Literacy in the Choice of Pension Manager

Financial Literacy: Implications for Retirement Security and the Financial Marketplace

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hastings, Justine ^a,c   Mitchell, Olivia S ^b,c   Chyn, Eric ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Education; Financial literacy; Income; Manager; Participants; Pension; Saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920431873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199696819.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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