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11 - Financial advice

from Part II - Investor and borrower protection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

By
Andreas Hackethal
Edited by
Ester Faia ,
Andreas Hackethal ,
Michael Haliassos  and
Katja Langenbucher
Ester Faia
Affiliation:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main
Andreas Hackethal
Affiliation:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main
Michael Haliassos
Affiliation:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main
Katja Langenbucher
Affiliation:
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main
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Financial Regulation
A Transatlantic Perspective
 , pp. 245 - 270
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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