The determinants of outstanding balances among credit card revolvers

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-79

  Kim, Haejeong ^a   DeVaney, Sharon A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit cards; Heckman model; Revolving credit card user; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444365237     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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