Home is where the equity is: Mortgage refinancing and household consumption

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 985-1014

  Hurst, Erik ^a   Stafford, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 11244328269     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2005.0009     Document Type: Article

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