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| Preface: Buyer Beware and Dealing with Imperfect Markets |
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| 1 Consumer Lending and Self-Testing |
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1.2 The Importance of Self-Testing for the Consumer |
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1.3 The Importance of Self-Testing for the Financial Institution |
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1.4 Pro-Active Self-Testing |
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| 2 Self-Testing Methods to Measure Discrimination, Unfair Sales Practices, and the Customer Experience |
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2.2 Matched Pair Testing and Monadic Testing |
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2.3 Post-Application Surveys |
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2.4 Other Self-Assessment Methods |
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| 3 Steps in Designing and Analyzing a Self-Testing Program |
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3.2 Designing the Questionnaire |
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3.2.1 Designing the Mystery Shop Questionnaire |
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3.2.2 Designing the Post-Application Questionnaire |
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3.3 Designing the Mystery Shopper or Tester Profiles |
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3.4 Designing the Scenario |
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3.5 The Analytical Approach |
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3.5.1 Analyzing Matched Pair Testing and Monadic Testing Results |
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3.5.2 Analyzing Post-Application Consumer Survey Results |
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| 4 Fair Lending Testing, 1991-2009 |
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4.1 The Forms of Discrimination |
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4.2 Fair Lending Testing, Findings, Trends, and Best Practices |
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4.2.1 The Early to Mid-1990's |
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4.2.1.1 The Objective of Pre-Application and Matched Pair Testing |
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4.2.1.2 The Philadelphia Commission on Human Rights Pre-Application Testing Program |
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4.2.2 The Mid- to the Late 1990's |
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4.2.2.1 Small Business Loan Matched Pair Testing |
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4.2.2.2 Post-Application Surveys |
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4.2.2.3 The Most Common Self-Testing Findings Mid- to Late 1990's |
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4.2.2.4 Urban Institute Matched Pair Testing Study |
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4.2.3.2 Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston Matched Pair Testing |
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4.2.3.3 Discrimination by Mortgage Brokers in Wholesale Channels |
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4.2.3.4 Lender Self-Testing to Detect Discrimination |
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58 | (7) |
| 5 Measuring Fair Treatment of Consumers in the Credit Card and Debit Card Marketplace |
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5.2.1 The Credit Card Responsibility and Disclosure Act |
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5.2.2 Providian, Monitoring the Customer Experience to Ensure Complete Customer Satisfaction |
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5.2.2.2 Customer Satisfaction Telephone Surveys and Focus Groups |
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| 6 Measuring Fair Treatment of Consumers in the Investment Marketplace |
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6.1 Regulatory Guidelines Concerning the Sale of Mutual Funds and Non-Deposit Investment Products |
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6.2 Market Research and Self-Testing in the Investment Marketplace |
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6.2.1 Mystery Shopping and Investment Sales Practices |
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6.2.1.3 The Questionnaire |
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6.2.2 Consumer Surveys and Investment Sales Practices |
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6.2.2.2 Telephone Surveys |
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6.2.2.4 Personal and Exit Surveys |
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6.2.2.5 The Consumer Survey Questionnaire |
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6.2.2.6 The Consumer Survey Report |
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| 7 Epilogue |
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| Notes |
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| Index |
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