The political economy of the US mortgage default crisis

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1967-1998

  Mian, Atif ^a,b   Sufi, Amir ^b,c   Trebbi, Francesco ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 78650509484     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.5.1967     Document Type: Article

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