The emergence of a finance culture in American households, 1989-2007

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 575-601

  Fligstein, Neil ^a   Goldstein, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Culture; Financial services; Household; Inequality; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943791000     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwu035     Document Type: Article

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