Consumer loans with fixed monthly payments: Information problems and solutions based on some Swedish experiences

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-80

  Yard, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer credit; Cost estimates; Loans; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131404     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652320410514933     Document Type: Article

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