Reasonable people did disagree: Optimism and pessimism about the U.S. Housing market before the crash

The American Mortgage System: Crisis and Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 26-59

  Gerardi, Kristopher S ^a   Foote, Christopher L ^b   Willen, Paul S ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

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