Mental accounting and remittances: A study of rural Malawian households

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-334

  Davies, Simon ^a   Easaw, Joshy ^a   Ghoshray, Atanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Consumer economics; Economic development; Household behaviour; Malawi; Remittances

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349141908     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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