Indicators of personal financial debt using a multi-disciplinary behavioral model

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 543-556

  Stone, Brice ^a   Maury, Rosalinda Vasquez ^a  

^a Metrica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards money; Consumer debt; Credit; Economic psychology; Factors influencing financial mismanagement or indebtedness; Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745946874     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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