Changing the rules: State mortgage foreclosure moratoria during the great Depression

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 569-583

  Wheelock, David C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 56749102910     PISSN: 00149187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20955/r.90.569-584     Document Type: Article

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