How Credit Access has Changed over Time for U.S. Households

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-255

  Lyons, Angela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0346338336     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2003.tb00452.x     Document Type: Review

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