Measuring and Managing Federal Financial Risk
Deborah Lucas, editor
Conference held February 8-9, 2007
Published in February 2010 by University of Chicago Press
© 2010 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
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269 pages
ISBN: 0-226-49658-9
Table of Contents
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Front matter, acknowledgments, table of contents:
Deborah Lucas
(bibliographic info)
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Introduction:
Deborah Lucas
(p. 1 - 12)
(bibliographic info)
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1.
Bringing Financial Literacy to Washington:
Peter R. Fisher
(p. 13 - 19)
(bibliographic info)
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2.
Measuring and Managing Federal Financial Risk: A View from the Hill:
Donald B. Marron
(p. 21 - 27)
(bibliographic info)
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3.
The Cost of Risk to the Government and Its Implications for Federal Budgeting:
Deborah Lucas, Marvin Phaup
(p. 29 - 54)
(bibliographic info)
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Comment:
Henning Bohn
(p. 54 - 60)
(bibliographic info)
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Federal Financial Exposure to Natural Catastrophe Risk:
J. David Cummins, Michael Suher, George Zanjani
(p. 61 - 92)
(bibliographic info)
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Comment:
Greg Niehaus
(p. 93 - 96)
(bibliographic info)
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Housing Policy, Mortgage Policy, and the Federal Housing Administration:
Dwight M. Jaffee, John M. Quigley
(p. 97 - 125)
(bibliographic info)
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Comment:
Susan M. Wachter
(p. 125 - 130)
(bibliographic info)
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Valuing Government Guarantees: Fannie and Freddie Revisited:
Deborah Lucas, Robert McDonald
(p. 131 - 154)
(bibliographic info)
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Comment:
Alan J. Marcus
(p. 154 - 161)
(bibliographic info)
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Guaranteed versus Direct Lending: The Case of Student Loans:
Deborah Lucas, Damien Moore
(p. 163 - 205)
(bibliographic info)
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Comment:
Janice C. Eberly
(p. 205 - 211)
(bibliographic info)
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Market Valuation of Accrued Social Security Benefits:
John Geanokoplos, Stephen P. Zeldes
(p. 213 - 233)
(bibliographic info)
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Environment and Energy: Catastrophic Liabilities from Nuclear Power Plants:
Geoffrey Heal, Howard Kunreuther
(p. 235 - 257)
(bibliographic info)
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Comment:
William Pizer
(p. 257 - 260)
(bibliographic info)
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List of contributors, Indexes:
Deborah Lucas
(p. 261 - 271)
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