Consumer rationality and credit card pricing: An explanation based on the option value of credit lines

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 243-254

  Park, Sangkyun ^a,b  

^a Office of Management and Budget   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 13244279539     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1146     Document Type: Article

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