Racial discrimination in residential lending markets: Why empirical researchers always see it and economic theorists never do

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-77

  Nesiba, Reynold F ^a  

^a AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0030526860     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.1996.11505766     Document Type: Article

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