Payday lenders: Heroes or villains?

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-44

  Morse, Adair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to credit; Foreclosures; Natural disasters; Payday lending; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860388856     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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