Where is the missing credit card debt? Clues and implications

Review of Income and Wealth

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-265

  Zinman, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a 314 Rockefeller Hall ^*  (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 65149088436     PISSN: 00346586     EISSN: 14754991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2009.00321.x     Document Type: Review

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