Race, Class, and Rent in America's Subprime Cities

Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 242-289

  Wyly, Elvin ^a   Moos, Markus ^b   Hammel, Daniel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

America; Credit rationing; MBSs, CDOs, CDSs; Race, class, rent; Racial redlining; Racial geographic; Renting capital; Segmentation; Subprime cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887148584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444347456.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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