Racial discrimination and redlining in cities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 260-285

  Zenou, Yves ^a   Boccard, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Access costs; Spatial mismatch; Urban equilibrium; Urban unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259435     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/juec.1999.2166     Document Type: Article

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