The role of copulas in the housing crisis

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 607-620

  Zimmer, David M ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84862019816     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00172     Document Type: Article

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