Does changing the timing of a yearly individual tax refund change the amount spent vs. saved?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 856-862

  Chambers, Valrie ^a   Spencer, Marilyn ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Decision making; Economics; Mental accounting; Tax

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449112140     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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