Evaluating statistical models of mortgage lending discrimination: A bank-specific analysis

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-334

  Stengel, Mitchell ^a   Glennon, Dennis ^a  

^a OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY   (United States)

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EID: 0033420660     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6229.00775     Document Type: Article

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