Geographic variation in mortgage discrimination: Evidence from Los Angeles

Urban Geography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-60

  Reibel, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Fair lending; Neighborhood investment; Redlining; Steering

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENT; LENDING BEHAVIOR; MORTGAGE LENDING; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034460036     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.21.1.45     Document Type: Article

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