Debt and distress: Evaluating the psychological cost of credit

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 642-663

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Taylor, Karl ^a   Wheatley Price, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit; Debt; Ordered probit models; Psychological well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144468101     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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