The changing face of inequality in home mortgage lending

Social Problems

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-208

  Williams, Richard ^a   Nesiba, Reynold ^b   McConnell, Eileen Diaz ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 19744379158     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2005.52.2.181     Document Type: Review

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