The psychology and behavioural economics of poverty

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-293

  Anand, Paul ^a   Lea, Stephen ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Poverty; Psychology; Quality of life; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952818540     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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