Household finances and the 'Big Five' personality traits

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-212

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Taylor, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Five personality traits; Financial assets; Unsecured debt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910674599     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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