Are college students at greater risk of credit card abuse Age, gender, materialism and parental influence on consumer response to credit cards

Journal of Financial Services Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-162

  Limbu, Yam B ^a   Huhmann, Bruce A ^b   Xu, Bing ^c  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; college students; credit cards; gender; materialism; parental infl uence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864349503     PISSN: 13630539     EISSN: 14791846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fsm.2012.9     Document Type: Review

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