The impact of financial literacy on sustainable management of OOP and catastrophic spending : The mediating role of budgeting practices
S. Vidyavidya.com@crescent.educationDepartment of CommerceB. S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai, Tamil Nadu, 48, IndiaView full profile → , *Indumathi NatarajanCorresponding authorindusjnj2010@gmail.comDepartment of CommerceB. S Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai, Tamil Nadu, 48, IndiaView full profile → , Sudha Rajeshsudhar3@srmist.edu.inDepartment of Computational IntelligenceKTR Campus, KattanguluthurSRM Institute of Science and TechnologyChennai, Tamil Nadu, 603203, IndiaView full profile →
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- Received:
- 08 Jan 2025
- Published Online:
- 29 Nov 2025
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JIOS-2096
- Pages:
- 2735–2745
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