credit alternatives in managing their consumption and savings and suggests areas for future research …

finance market that are directly related to private consumption. Studies on this topic, to which this book contributes, are … necessary for understanding the current economic situation in China. This is a full-scale comparative study of consumer finance … in China, Japan and South Korea, and will draw lessons for China in this area from the experience of the other two …

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the world of consumption, covering different topics and including … sociological, economic and marketing aspects. The term ‘consumption’ is vague and even in academic disciplines the term is used in … a variety of ways. Consumption research asks how earnings and spending are related to each other. More generally …