Financial literacy and retirement planning: The Russian case

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-618

  Klapper, Leora ^a   Panos, Georgios A ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D91; Financial literacy; G11; G23; pensions; retirement planning; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011436913     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000503     Document Type: Article

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