Consolidation of student loan repayments and default incentives

B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ionescu, Felicia A ^a  

^a Assistant Professor in the University Libraries

Author keywords

Consolidation; Default; Student loans

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149121876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1690.1682     Document Type: Article

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