Metropolitan Segregation and the Subprime Lending Crisis

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-198

  Hyra, Derek S ^a   Squires, Gregory D ^b   Renner, Robert N ^c   Kirk, David S ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Special Needs Assistance Program   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

high cost loans; segregation; subprime crisis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873987964     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2012.697912     Document Type: Article

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