On the robustness of racial discrimination findings in mortgage lending studies

Applied Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2279-2297

  Clarke, Judith A ^a   Roy, Nilanjana ^a   Courchane, Marsha J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CRA International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORTGAGE LENDING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; RACISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649712942     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840701222579     Document Type: Article

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