Do borrowers make rational choices on points and refinancing?

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-658

  Chang, Yan ^a   Yavas, Abdullah ^b  

^a FREDDIE MAC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 73149101824     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: 15406229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2009.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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