Personal bankruptcy and the credit report: Conflicting mechanisms of social mobility

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 23-43

  Thorne, Deborah ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit report; Personal bankruptcy; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649128788     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v11n04_02     Document Type: Article

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