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Project Economicando, (PTDC/EGE-ECO/100923/2008) financed by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and co-financed by FEDER funds through the Programa Operacional Fatores de Competitividade – COMPETE.

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Varum, C.A. (2014). Economic and Financial Literacy. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_814

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