Evidence on Discrimination in Mortgage Lending

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 41-62

  Ladd, Helen F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002974887     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.12.2.41     Document Type: Article

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