Minimum required payment and supplemental information disclosure effects on consumer debt repayment decisions

Journal of Marketing Research

Volumn 48, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages

  Navarro Martinez, Daniel ^a   Salisbury, Linda Court ^b   Lemon, Katherine N ^b   Stewart, Neil ^c   Matthews, William J ^d   Harris, Adam J L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer debt; Credit cards; Financial decision making; Information disclosure; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955242952     PISSN: 00222437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jmkr.48.SPL.S60     Document Type: Article

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