Creditor Learning and Discrimination in Lending

Journal of Financial Services Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-27

  Han, Song ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit history; Creditor learning; Discrimination; Mortgage lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651397135     PISSN: 09208550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10693-011-0101-3     Document Type: Article

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