Financial Knowledge and Credit Card Behavior of College Students

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 690-698

  Robb, Cliff A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Credit cards; Financial knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455159059     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-011-9259-y     Document Type: Article

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