Financial literacy, financial judgement, and retirement self-efficacy of older trustees of self-managed superannuation funds

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 435-458

  Earl, Joanne K ^a   Gerrans, Paul ^b   Asher, Anthony ^a   Woodside, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; cognitive ability; dementia; financial decision making; financial literacy; retirement savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940180999     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896215572155     Document Type: Article

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