The Role of the Initial Discount in the Pricing of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
โ Scribed by C.R. Sprecher; Elliott Willman
- Book ID
- 115624128
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1051-1377
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