The role of neighborhood characteristics in mortgage default risk: Evidence from New York City

Journal of Housing Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-118

  Chan, Sewin ^a   Gedal, Michael ^a   Been, Vicki ^b   Haughwout, Andrew ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Default; Mortgage; Neighborhoods; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878897445     PISSN: 10511377     EISSN: 10960791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhe.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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