The failure and promise of mandated consumer mortgage disclosures: Evidence from qualitative interviews and a controlled experiment with mortgage borrowers

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 516-521

  Lacko, James M ^a   Pappalardo, Janis K ^a  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

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EID: 77956098018     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.2.516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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