Sources and uses of equity extracted from homes

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-144

  Greenspan, Alan ^a   Kennedy, James ^b  

^a Greenspan Associates LLC

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer spending; Mortgage equity withdrawal; Savings rate; Wealth effect

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; EXPENDITURE; HOUSING FINANCE; SAVINGS;

EID: 47049103351     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn003     Document Type: Article

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