Borrower credit and the valuation of mortgage-backed securities

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 619-661

  Longstaff, Francis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 30344488724     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2005.00133.x     Document Type: Review

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