Consumer credit literacy: What price perception?

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 125-138

  Courchane, Marsha ^a   Gailey, Adam ^a   Zorn, Peter ^b  

^a CRA International   (United States)

^b FREDDIE MAC   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit score; Financial literacy; Mortgage

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049032418     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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