An Exploratory Study of Chinese Americans' Debt Ownership

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-611

  Yao, Rui ^a   Sharpe, Deanna L ^a   Gorham, Elizabeth E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese American; Debt; Financial well being; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455158896     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-011-9271-2     Document Type: Article

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