Estimation and Evaluation of Loan Discrimination: An Informational Approach

Journal of Housing Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-90

  Courchane, Marsha ^a   Golan, Amos ^b   Nickerson, David ^c  

^a American University ^*

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREDDIE MAC   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Maximum entropy; Maximum likelihood; Mortgage lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141798754     PISSN: 10527001     EISSN: 26911337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2000.12091955     Document Type: Article

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