Home equity lending and retaispending: Evidence from a natural experiment in Texas

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 94-125

  Abdallah, Chadi S ^a   Lastrapes, William D ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84872196827     PISSN: 19457707     EISSN: 19457715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mac.4.4.94     Document Type: Article

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