Lessons from the Housing Crisis

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-14

  Schwartz, Alex ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial crisis; Great Recession; Housing crisis; Housing policy; Mortgage crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053038674     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-3934.2011.02084.x     Document Type: Article

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