Measuring and managing federal financial risk
By: edited by Deborah Lucas.
Contributors: Lucas, Deborah.
Series: National Bureau of Economic Research conference report; National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226496580
Subjects: Financial risk -- United States -- Congresses; Finance, Public -- United States -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Table of contents: title: Bringing financial literacy to Washington / Peter R. Fisher; title: Measuring and managing federal financial risk: a view from the hill / Donald B. Marron; title: The cost of risk to the government and its implications for federal budgeting / Deborah Lucas and Marvin Phaup; title: Comment: Henning Bohn; title: Federal financial exposure to natural catastrophe risk / J. David Cummins, Michael Suher, and George Zanjani; title: Comment: Greg Niehaus; title: Housing policy, mortgage policy, and the Federal Housing Administration / Dwight M. Jaffee and John M. Quigley; title: Comment: Susan M. Wachter; title: Valuing government guarantees: Fannie and Freddie revisited / Deborah Lucas and Robert Mcdonald; title: Comment: Alan J. Marcus; title: Guaranteed vs. direct lending: the case of student loans / Deborah Lucas and Damien Moore; title: Comment: Janice C. Eberly; title: Market valuation of accrued social security benefits / John Geanakoplos and Stephen P. Zeldes; title: Environmental assets and liabilities: dealing with catastrophic risks / Geoffrey Heal and Howard Kunreuther; title: Comment: William Pizer.