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Financial Literacy in the US: A Robustness Check of the Lusardi-Mitchell Questions

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|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36544/irfc.2022.7-1.2 | Journal eISSN: 2508-464X | Journal ISSN: 2508-3155
Language: English
Page range: 19 - 32
Submitted on: Apr 14, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 29, 2022
Published on: Jun 30, 2022
Published by: International Academy of Financial Consumers
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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