Materialism, transformation expectations, and spending: Implications for credit use

Journal of Public Policy and Marketing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-156

  Richins, Marsha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit; Economic psychology; Financial literacy; Materialism; Transformation expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455238064     PISSN: 07439156     EISSN: 15477207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jppm.30.2.141     Document Type: Article

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