Do rental agents discriminate against minority customers? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Choi, Seok Joon ^a   Ondrich, Jan ^a   Yinger, John ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit; Fixed effects logit; Housing discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244394806     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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