Personal bankruptcy and credit supply and demand

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 214-251

  Gropp, Reint ^a   Scholz, John Karl ^a   White, Michelle J ^a  

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EID: 0040304510     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555172     Document Type: Article

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