Who feels constrained by high debt burdens? Subjective vs. objective measures of household debt

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-141

  Keese, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Household debt; Locus of control; Risk aversion; Subjective measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054846769     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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