The quality of financial advice: What influences recommendations to clients?
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Keywords
Financial advice; Behavioral biases; Artefactual field experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G51 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Household Savings, Borrowing, Debt, and Wealth
- G52 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Insurance
- G53 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - Financial Literacy
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