Canada's housing bubble story: Mortgage Securitization, the state, and the global financial crisis

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-284

  Walks, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Housing; Inequality; Leverage; Mortgage market; Neoliberalism; Polarization; Securitization

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL MARKET; HOUSING MARKET; MORTGAGE LENDING; NEOLIBERALISM; POLARIZATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84890891743     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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