Do landlords discriminate in the rental housing market? Evidence from an internet field experiment in US cities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 99-114

  Hanson, Andrew ^a   Hawley, Zackary ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C93; Field experiment; J15; Racial discrimination; Rental housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960895338     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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