Does homeownership counseling affect the prepayment and default behavior of affordable mortgage borrowers?

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-325

  Quercia, Roberto ^a   Spader, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 49049084642     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20326     Document Type: Article

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