Residential mortgage default: Theory works and so does policy

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 280-294

  Goodman, Allen C ^a   Smith, Brent C ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E44; G21; G28; K11; Mortgage pricing; Predatory lending; R20; Residential mortgage default

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649711221     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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