Embedded Options in the Mortgage Contract

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-111

  Ambrose, Brent W ^a   Buttimer Jr, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Default; Foreclosure; Loss mitigation; Mortgage pricing models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034364368     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007819408669     Document Type: Article

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