An Analysis of Mortgage Termination Risks: A Shared Frailty Approach with MSA-Level Random Effects

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Kau, James B ^a   Keenan, Donald C ^a   Li, Xiaowei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Discover Financial Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortgage termination; MSA; Shared frailty effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651500035     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-009-9179-x     Document Type: Article

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