The Rise of Consumer Credit in Postcommunist Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland

Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged: Eastern Europe and China, 1989-2009

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rona Tas, Akos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Consumer credit; Credit registry; Credit scoring; Household debt; Payday lending; Redistribution; Retail banking; Usury; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 85066690503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199895977.003.0051     Document Type: Chapter

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