Household choice of fixed versus floating rate debt: A binomial probit model with correction for classification error

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-82

  Leece, David ^a  

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EID: 0040776967     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00160     Document Type: Article

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