Policy incentives and the extension of mortgage credit: Increasing market discipline for subprime lending

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-365

  An, Xudong ^a   Bostic, Raphael W ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 67449110196     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20436     Document Type: Article

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