Federal Use of Implied Guarantees
Some Preliminary Lessons from the Current Financial Distress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6359484 |
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| Authors | Marvin Phaup (George Washington University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 651-659 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02014.x |
| OpenAlex | W2012195272 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
The U.S. financial crisis and recession that began in 2007 poses profound challenges for public policy and administration. It also provides useful information about the effects of economic policies. This paper considers the implications of current developments for the use of implied guarantees as an instrument of public policy. It draws on experience with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to argue that implied federal guarantees have a severe disadvantage. Their costs are largely unmeasured, unrecognized in the budget, and unmanaged. Yet their use appears to be increasing in the current crisis. To minimize the costs of the expanded financial safety net, government should measure and manage those costs more effectively. To that end, this paper proposes new budgetary treatments of federal implied guarantees
Business · Disadvantage · Economic growth · Economics · Federal budget · Financial crisis · Financial distress · Financial system · Government (linguistics · Macroeconomics · Political science · Public economics · Public policy · Recession · Finance · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
| Highly cited | No |
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