Mission Expansion in the Federal Home Loan Bank System

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Studies the Federal Home Loan Bank System, how it has changed over time and whyDuring one of the worst recessions in United States history, the federal government undertook a series of sweeping changes related to the foreclosure crisis. These changes, in particular to the Federal Home Loan Bank System, have many implications. Mission Expansion in the Federal Home Loan Bank System draws attention to this growing program and argues that the program did not contribute to the foreclosure crisis, also offering a close anaysis of its functions and relationship with congress. Mission Expansion offers an intriguing analysis of a growing, relevant institution for those involved in public policy academically or professionally.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-10-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt417 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor197
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438433417

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Susan M. Hoffmann is Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University. She is the author of Politics and Banking: Ideas, Public Policy, and the Creation of Financial Institutions. Mark K. Cassell is Associate Professor of Political Science at Kent State University. He is the author of How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany, which won the International Political Science Association's Charles H. Levine Award for the best book in public policy and administration published in 2002.

List of Figures and TablesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Growth and Mission Expansion in the Federal Home Loan Banks2. Grounded Research and Competing Paradigms in Political Science3. Housing Finance Mission4. Housing and Community Development Mission5. Supporting the Viability of Community Banks6. Mission Expansion as a Behavioral Process7. Structural Choices Moving Forward: Recommendations for ReformAfterwordFederal Home Loan Banks and the Foreclosure Crisis of 2008NotesWorks CitedIndex