Need or want: What explains the run-up in consumer debt?

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 583-591

  Weller, Christian E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS   (United States)

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EID: 34250643163     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2007.11507048     Document Type: Review

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