Why don't households have a checking account?

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-34

  Hogarth, Jeanne M ^a   Anguelov, Chris E ^a   Lee, Jinkook ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2942645010     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2004.tb00463.x     Document Type: Review

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