Over-indebtedness and the interplay of factual and mental money management: An interview study

New Zealand Economic Papers

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 139-160

  Kamleitner, Bernadette ^a   Hornung, Bianca ^b   Kirchler, Erich ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Debt Advice Service Vienna   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Debt; Mental accounting; Money management; Self control

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957859729     PISSN: 00779954     EISSN: 19434863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779954.2011.556075     Document Type: Article

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