Defaults, disclosures, advice and calculators: One size does not fit all
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Keywords
Default; Information disclosure; Pensions; Regulation; Consumer finance; Choice experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G41 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making in Financial Markets
- G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
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