Abstract:This study contributes to the extant research on foreclosure by focusing on the relevance of lender-borrower relations. Donald Black's theory of the behaviour of law is assessed by examining the association between revocation of compulsory sale by the lender and four different variables, proxying variations in the scope, history, and frequency of contact between the lender and the borrower. This association is modelled in a logistic regression framework of micro-level data on compulsory sale and mortgage borro… Show more
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