The influence of the Home Owners' loan corporation on housing markets during the 1930s

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1782-1813

  Fishback, Price V ^a,b   Flores Lagunes, Alfonso ^c   Horrace, William C ^d   Kantor, Shawn ^b,e   Treber, Jaret ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 79957525796     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhq144     Document Type: Article

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