Effects of social demographic attributes, knowledge about credit cards and perceived lifestyle outcomes on credit card usage

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 80-89

  Wickramasinghe, Vathsala ^a   Gurugamage, Anurudh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Air Force Headquarters   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards credit cards; Credit card usage practices; Credit cards; Knowledge about credit cards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855424950     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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