Frictions, heterogeneity and optimality in mortgage modeling

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-260

  Kau, James B ^a   Slawson Jr , V Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortgages; Options pricing; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141625667     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015265230808     Document Type: Article

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