The government mortgage guarantee as an instrument in housing policy: Self-supporting instrument or subsidy?

Housing Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-80

  Elsinga, Marja ^a   Priemus, Hugo ^a   Cao, Liou ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative housing; Competition policy; Government mortgage guarantee; Housing economics; Housing policy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; MORTGAGE LENDING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58849118855     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030802561422     Document Type: Article

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