The effects of default choice on student loan borrowing: Experimental evidence from a public research university
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Financial aid; Student loans; Experimental design;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- G40 - Financial Economics - - Behavioral Finance - - - General
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