From new deal institutions to capital markets: Commercial consumer risk scores and the making of subprime mortgage finance

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 654-674

  Poon, Martha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE SOCIOLOGIE DE L INNOVATION   (France)

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EID: 67349265907     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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