Financial literacy and retirement planning in Sweden

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 585-598

  Almenberg, Johan ^a   Säve Söderbergh, Jenny ^b  

^a Swedish Ministry of Finance   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

D10; Financial literacy; H55; H75; I22; pensions; planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011486561     PISSN: 14747472     EISSN: 14753022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474747211000497     Document Type: Article

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