NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Measuring and Managing Federal Financial Risk

Deborah Lucas

Conference held February 8-9, 2007
Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press


The following chapters are preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. This page will be updated as individual chapters are revised.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Deborah Lucas (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 23, 2009

1. Bringing Financial Literacy to Washington: Peter R. Fisher (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 23, 2009

2. Measuring and Managing Federal Financial Risk: A View from the Hill: Donald B. Marron (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 23, 2009

3. The Cost of Risk to the Government and Its Implications for Federal Budgeting: Deborah Lucas, Marvin Phaup (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 19, 2008
       Comment: Henning Bohn (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 19, 2008

4. Federal Financial Exposure to Natural Catastrophe Risk: J. David Cummins, Michael Suher, George Zanjani (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 19, 2008
       Comment: Greg Niehaus (bibliographic info) (download) version of February 2, 2009

5. Housing Policy, Mortgage Policy, and the Federal Housing Administration: Dwight M. Jaffee, John M. Quigley (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 19, 2008
       Comment: Susan M. Wachter (bibliographic info) (download) version of January 12, 2009

6. Valuing Government Guarantees: Fannie and Freddie Revisited: Deborah Lucas, Robert McDonald (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 22, 2009
       Comment: Alan J. Marcus (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 22, 2009

7. Guaranteed versus Direct Lending: The Case of Student Loans: Deborah Lucas, Damien Moore (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 19, 2008
       Comment: Janice Eberly (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 22, 2009

8. Market Valuation of Accrued Social Security Benefits: John Geanokoplos, Stephen P. Zeldes (bibliographic info) (download) version of June 24, 2009

9. Environment and Energy: Catastrophic Liabilities: Geoffrey Heal, Howard Kunreuther (bibliographic info) (download) version of July 1, 2009
       Comment: William Pizer (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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