Making judgments about mortgage lending patterns

Robert B. Avery

Economic Commentary, 1989, issue Dec

Abstract: A discussion of discrepancies in methods of evaluating evidence on mortgage-lending discrimination in minority and low-income areas, outlining fundamental differences between studies that focus mostly on neighborhood characteristics and regulatory-agency compliance examinations that concentrate on the attributes of individual lenders.

Keywords: Discrimination in mortgage loans; Mortgages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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