Returns to information search: Consumer mortgage shopping decisions

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-67

  Leei, Jinkook ^a   Hogarth, Jeanne M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit; Decision making; Information search; Mortgage loans; Survey of consumer finances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141883307     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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