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Exponential growth bias and financial literacy

Johan Almenberg Ministry of Finance, Stockholm, SE-103 33, Sweden
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Christer Gerdes Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Stockholm, SE-103 33, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1693-1696 | Published online: 16 Mar 2012

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