Consumption denied? The decline of industrial branch insurance

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-205

  Burton, Dawn ^a,d   Knights, David ^b,e   Leyshon, Andrew ^c   Alferoff, Catrina ^b,e   Signoretta, Paola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Financial exclusion; Financial services; Home service; Industrial branch; Insurance saving

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247655023     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540505053091     Document Type: Article

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