University of Connecticut Grant



Organization - University of Connecticut
Grant Amount - $198,567
Foundation - Ford Foundation
Grant Purpose - To study mortgage pricing in the prime and subprime mortgage markets in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University


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