Discrimination and mortgage lending in boston: The effects of model uncertainty

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-285

  Goenner, Cullen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian model averaging; Discrimination; Mortgage lending; Variable selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866151669     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-008-9154-y     Document Type: Article

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