Loan repayment plans as sequences of instalments

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-631

  Hoelzl, Erik ^a   Kamleitner, Bernadette ^b   Kirchler, Erich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Financial capability; Intertemporal choice; Loans; Sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961168994     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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