Savers, debtors, and simultaneous debtors and savers

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 25-39

  Spencer, Heather L ^a   Fan, Jessie X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Saving; Savings motives; Simultaneous debt and saving; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958824523     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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