A loan modification approach to the housing crisis

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 575-607

  Posner, Eric A ^a   Zingales, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 77950839907     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahp019     Document Type: Article

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