Household risk management and optimal mortgage choice

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1449-1494

  Campbell, John Y ^a   Cocco, João F ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0345447667     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355303322552847     Document Type: Article

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