Evidence on the effect of credit counseling on mortgage loan default by low-income households

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-79

  Hartarska, Valentina ^a   Gonzalez Vega, Claudio ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit counseling; D14; Default; G21; Low income households; Mortgage loan

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645941563     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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