The impact of debt levels on participation in and level of discretionary retirement savings

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-62

  Cavanagh, Joyce A ^a   Sharpe, Deanna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit; Credit cards; Debt levels; Discretionary savings; Individual retirement accounts; Retirement savings; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249153115     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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