The relationship of materialism to spending tendencies, saving, and debt

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 723-739

  Watson, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Materialism; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142087693     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2003.06.001     Document Type: Article

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