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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791770903321

Titolo

Understanding mortgage meltdowns [[electronic resource] /] / Arlene V. Carey, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-61209-434-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CareyArlene V

Disciplina

332.722

Soggetti

Mortgage loans - Government policy - United States

Mortgage loans - United States

Subprime mortgage loans - Government policy - United States

Subprime mortgage loans - United States

Foreclosure - United States

Financial crises - United States

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

United States Economic policy 2001-2009

United States Economic conditions 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Examining the causes of the credit crisis of 2008, minority staff analysis, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform / Tom Davis -- Alternative mortgages : causes and policy implications of troubled mortgage resets in the subprime and Alt-A markets / Edward V. Murphy -- Economic analysis of a mortgage foreclosure moratorium / Edward Vincent Murphy -- Understanding mortgage foreclosure : recent events, the process, and costs / Darryl E. Getter -- Constitutional issues relating to proposals for legislation to impose an interest rate freeze/reduction on existing mortgages / David H. Carpenter -- Subprime mortgages : primer on current lending and foreclosure issues / Edward Vincent Murphy -- Government interventions in financial markets : economic and historic analysis of subprime mortgage options / N. Eric Weiss -- Proposal to allow Treasury to buy mortgage-related assets to address financial instability / Edward V. Murphy and Baird Webel.