Consumer Credit, Self-Discipline, and Risk Management

Managing Financial Risks: From Global to Local

Volumn 9780199557431, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Langley, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer credit; Credit cards; Credit obligations; Global finance; Repayments; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959892898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199557431.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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