The Economics of Federal Credit Programs
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 2010
200 pages
978-0-8157-0711-0 (ISBN)
Description
The Economics of Federal Credit Programs discusses government lending, government guaranty of loans, and credit control in the United States.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-0-8157-0711-0 (9780815707110)
DOI
10.5771/9780815707110
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Barry P. Bosworth | Andrew S. Carron | Elisabeth H. Rhyne
The Economics of Federal Credit Programs
Book
03/1987
Brookings Institution
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Persons
Barry Bosworth is a senior fellow and Robert V. Roosa Chair in International Economics at the Brookings Institution.Andrew S. Carron, formerly a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at Brookings, is the president of NERA Economic Consulting.Elisabeth H. Rhyne is managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at ACCION International.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Introduction and Assessment
- Forms of Credit Assistance
- The Rationales for Government Credit Programs
- The Evolution of Government Credit Programs
- Current Need for Government Credit
- Loan Subsidies
- Crowding Out
- Budget Accounting
- Summary
- 2. The Economic Effects of Government Credit
- Asset Exchange Programs
- Subsidized Credit
- Loan Guarantees and Insurance
- Summary
- 3. Credit for Housing
- The History of Federal Involvement
- Current Status of the Mortgage Market
- Overview
- Future Role
- 4. Credit for Business
- Business Credit Markets and the Government
- Small Business Administration Loan Guarantees
- Trade Credit: The Export-Import Bank
- 5. Credit for Agriculture
- The Farm Credit System
- The Farmers Home Administration
- The Rural Electrification Administration
- 6. Student Loans
- The Rationales for Student Loans
- Student Loans and Enrollment Decisions
- The Student Loan Marketing Association
- Proposals for Reform
- Conclusion
- 7. Accounting and Budgeting for Credit Programs
- Current Practice
- Administrative Reform of Federal Credit
- 8. New Directions in Government Credit
- State and Local Government Credit Programs
- Federal Credit in Industrial Policy
- Concluding Comments
- Appendixes
- A. The Segmentation of Capital Markets
- B. Definitions of Variables and Data Sources
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
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- K
- L
- M
- N
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- P
- Q
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- S
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