How low spending control harms consumers

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-193

  Bearden, William O ^a   Haws, Kelly L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget; Consumer welfare; Credit cards; Financial planning; Self control; Spending

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855310186     PISSN: 00920703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11747-011-0282-1     Document Type: Article

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