Does housing counseling change consumer financial behaviors? Evidence from Philadelphia

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-356

  Carswell, Andrew T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial behavior; First time home buyers; Housing counseling; Low income homeownership; Pre purchase homeownership counseling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949270289     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-009-9170-y     Document Type: Article

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