What role did piggyback lending play in the housing bubble and mortgage collapse?

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-100

  LaCour Little, Michael ^a   Calhoun, Charles A ^b   Yu, Wei ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Calhoun Consulting LLC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foreclosure; Housing; Mortgage; Piggyback lending

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958794261     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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