Pay Me Now or Pay Me Later: Alternative Mortgage Products and the Mortgage Crisis

Real Estate Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 687-732

  LaCour Little, Michael ^a   Yang, Jing ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649503198     PISSN: 10808620     EISSN: 15406229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6229.2010.00280.x     Document Type: Article

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