The effect of prepayment penalties on the pricing of subprime mortgages

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 33-46

  Elliehausen, Gregory ^a   Staten, Michael E ^a   Steinbuks, Jevgenijs ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial regulation; Prepayment penalties; Subprime mortgages

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049078687     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconbus.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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