Fueling the credit crisis: Who uses consumer credit and what drives debt burden

Business Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 266-276

  Schooley, Diane K ^a   Worden, Debra Drecnik ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

consumer debt; credit attitude; personal savings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863808738     PISSN: 0007666X     EISSN: 1554432X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/be.2010.25     Document Type: Article

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