Do Thai Credit Card Consumers Have Self-Control?

Authors

  • Niwarn Ponpunthin Economist Bank of Thailand
  • Tatre Jantarakolica Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14456/tresp.2017.5

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2017-12-25

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Ponpunthin, N., & Jantarakolica, T. (2017). Do Thai Credit Card Consumers Have Self-Control?. Thammasat Review of Economic and Social Policy, 3(2), 52–96. https://doi.org/10.14456/tresp.2017.5

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