Mortgage prepayment and default behavior with embedded forward contract risks in China's housing market

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-240

  Deng, Yongheng ^a   Liu, Peng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit risk; Default; Forward contract; Mortgage; Pre sale; Prepayment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949310495     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-008-9151-1     Document Type: Article

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