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Introducing the new Banking Reform Clearinghouse
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy’s new Banking Reform Clearinghouse, or BRiC. With the recent passage of the Financial CHOICE Act of 2017 in the U.S....
View ArticleConsidering Infrastructure Finance
Given infrastructure’s integral role in enabling high-functioning economies around the world and the concern that the pace of investment is not keeping up with the need for it, I have recently begun to...
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The President’s 2019 Budget: Proposals Affecting Credit, Insurance and...
The White House released the President’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 on February 12, just days after President Trump signed a bill extending spending caps for military and domestic spending...
View ArticleCompressing OTC Markets
In the years following the financial crisis of 2007-2008, several initiatives were launched targeting the size and opacity of over-the-counter (OTC) markets. The new regulatory environment resulted in...
View ArticleClosing the lending gap will help government and business thrive
With taxpayers at risk for $20 trillion in loans and insured obligations, worth more than the five largest American bank companies combined, the United States government is essentially the largest...
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Introducing a new educational tool on housing finance reform
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy’s educational tool on housing finance reform. Proposals for reform have come from both within and outside of...
View ArticleAmericans have $1 trillion problem
While large numbers defy comprehension, Americans should try to wrap their minds around the huge sums of money owed on the fastest growing segment of the federal budget. The interest expense on the...
View ArticleNow We Know How Much the Financial Crisis Cost
It has been 10 years since the federal government took emergency actions in response to the financial crisis of 2008. Were those expensive interventions good investments? Or were they just bailouts...
View ArticleUncle Sam needs fresh strategy to manage federal lending programs
The United States government today is one of the largest consumer lending institutions in the world. Its expansive loan portfolio has been growing for years with little attention given to designing a...
View ArticleRethinking How and When Students Pay for College
It was hard to pay attention to the 2018 election without hearing a proposal for “free college.” In the gubernatorial contests alone, more than ten candidates advocated some form of tuition-free...
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Tailoring Bank Regulations: How Did the Market React?
Edward L. Golding, Laura E. Kodres, and Deborah J. Lucas The 2008 financial crisis triggered a wave of new financial regulations, most notably as mandated by the Dodd Frank Act of 2010. That...
View Article3 Questions: Jonathan Parker on building an economic recovery
(Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis but not policy advice, any recommendations contained in GCFP blog posts are those of the authors and do not represent the...
View ArticleOpinion: What to know about how the coronavirus crisis will impact your money...
Robert C. Pozen, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management and non-resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution (Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis...
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Pandemics Depress the Economy, Public Health Interventions Do Not: Evidence...
Jiageng Liu, Research Assistant, MIT Sloan Finance Group (Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis but not policy advice, any recommendations contained in GCFP blog...
View ArticleBrakes or bans: Protecting financial markets during a pandemic
Laura Kodres, Senior Distinguished Fellow, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy (Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis but not policy advice, any...
View ArticleBayesian Adaptive Clinical Trials for Anti‐Infective Therapeutics during...
Edward Golding, Executive Director MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy; Former Head of FHA (Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis but not policy advice, any...
View ArticleFederal stimulus favors wealthy investors and major companies
Edward Golding, Executive Director MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy; Former Head of FHA (Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis but not policy advice, any...
View ArticleFunding pandemic relief: Monetise now
Deborah J. Lucas, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance and Director, MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy Refet A. Gürkaynak, Professor of Economics and Department Chair, Bilkent University...
View ArticleEstimating Probabilities of Success of Vaccine and Other Anti-Infective...
Edward Golding, Executive Director MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy; Former Head of FHA (Consistent with the GCFP’s mission of non-partisanship and offering analysis but not policy advice, any...
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Usable bank capital
Alissa Kleinnijenhuis, Postdoctoral Research Associate, MIT Sloan School of Management & Golub Center for Finance and Policy; Research Fellow, Institute of New Economic Thinking, University of...
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