Does consumer sentiment foretell revolving credit use?

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-288

  Lamdin, Douglas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality tests; Consumer confidence; Consumer credit; Revolving credit

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149175909     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-008-9099-6     Document Type: Article

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