The ant and the grasshopper revisited: The present psychological benefits of saving and future oriented financial behaviors

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-165

  Shim, Soyeon ^a   Serido, Joyce ^a   Tang, Chuanyi ^b  

^a Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Saving attitude and behavior; Theory of Planned Behavior; Well being; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054856538     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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