Self-control, financial literacy and consumer over-indebtedness

Journal of Economic Psychology - Tập 33 Số 3 - Trang 590-602 - 2012
John Gathergood1
1University of Nottingham, School of Economics, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

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