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Helping Consumers Choose a Credit Card
Author(s) -
D'ASTOUS ALAIN,
MIQUELON DIANE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of consumer affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.582
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1745-6606
pISSN - 0022-0078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6606.1991.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - credit card , credit card interest , report card , chargeback , presentation (obstetrics) , atm card , business , credit history , computer science , actuarial science , finance , psychology , payment , medicine , pedagogy , radiology
Choosing an economically appropriate credit card requires that two kinds of information be available: knowledge of one's credit card usage and comparison information on credit card costs. This article examines a recent Canadian information program on credit card costs and presents the results of a study designed to test the effectiveness of changes in the information presentation format.