Mortgage lending in Chicago and Los Angeles: A paired testing study of the pre-application process

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 902-919

  Ross, Stephen L ^a   Turner, Margery Austin ^b   Godfrey, Erin ^c   Smith, Robin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Fair lending; Mortgage lending; Paired testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049085785     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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