Discrimination in mortgage lending: A literature review

Mortgage Lending, Racial Discrimination and Federal Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 29-73

  Yinger, John ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780429448522-2     Document Type: Chapter

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