Do Women Pay More for Mortgages?

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-440

  Cheng, Ping ^a   Lin, Zhenguo ^b   Liu, Yingchun ^c  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrower behavior; Gender discrimination; Interest rates; Mortgage

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052838026     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-009-9214-y     Document Type: Article

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