The importance of check-cashing businesses to the unbanked: Racial/ethnic differences

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 146-157

  Rhine, Sherrie L W ^a   Greene, William H ^b   Toussaint Comeau, Maude ^c  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 32544445139     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465306775565846     Document Type: Article

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