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RESEARCH IN ECONOMIC EDUCATION

What Does Financial Literacy Training Teach Us?

Bruce Ian Carlin University of California, Los Angeles
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David T. Robinson University of California, Los Angeles
Pages 235-247 | Published online: 19 Jul 2012

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