Unrealistic optimism in consumer credit card adoption

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-185

  Yang, Sha ^a   Markoczy, Livia ^b   Qi, Min ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior decision theory; Credit card adoption; Unrealistic optimism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847755405     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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