Towards more sustainable debt attitudes and behaviors: the importance of basic economic skills
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Keywords
Financial literacy; Economic literacy; Economic education; Debt attitude; Debt behavior;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
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