Racial disparities in access to mortgage credit: Does governance matter?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 782-806

  Casey, Colleen ^a   Glasberg, Davita Silfen ^b   Beeman, Angie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College   (United States)

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EID: 80051591602     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2011.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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