Risky credit card behavior of college students

Handbook of Consumer Finance Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 185-207

  Lyons, Angela C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75734-6_11     Document Type: Chapter

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