Who withdraws housing equity and why?

Economica

Volumn 76, Issue 301, 2009, Pages 51-70

  Benito, Andrew ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUITY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING; HOUSING FINANCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MORTGAGE LENDING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149114661     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: 14680335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0335.2008.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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