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Improving the Economies and Business Climates In Struggling Cities
Examining how taxes, red tape, eminent domain and occupational licensing prevent economic growth
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Letter to Treasury Regarding Housing Finance Reform
A Framework for Reforming Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Housing Finance System
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Rethinking Homeownership: A Framework for 21st Century Housing Finance Reform
Dissolving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
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Ten Arguments Against a Government Guarantee for Housing Finance
Why there should not be a government roleâ??explicit or implicitâ??in guaranteeing housing finance
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Near-term Ideas for Mortgage Finance Reform (Working Paper)
How to protect taxpayers, end the GSE bailout, reduce governmentâ??s footprint in housing, and return private capital to the mortgage market
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Restoring Trust in Mortgage-Backed Securities
How the Private Sector Can Return to Mortgage Finance
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Unmasking the Mortgage Interest Deduction – Update 2012
Who Benefits and By How Much?
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Crony Capitalism and Community Development Subsidies
Do commmunity development subsidies actually result in community development? Or have they been captured by vested interests?
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Crony Capitalism and Sallie Mae
Sallie Mae and Uncle Sam: Cronyism in Higher Education Finance
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Pension Reform Case Study: Rhode Island
Rhode Island's reform effort offers lessons for other states and municipalities facing significant unfunded pension liabilities
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Ventura County Pension Reform Would Save $460 Million, Reduce Debt $1.8 Billion
Pension Reform Actuarial Analysis
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The “Transition Costs” Myth
Why Defined-Benefit to Defined-Contribution Pension Reform Is Commonly Misunderstood
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Best Practices for Setting Public Sector Pension Fund Discount Rates
The main objective should be for pension plans to shift toward having discount rates reflect the risks of liabilities—not the potential performance of assets.
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Pension Reform Case Study: Michigan
Reforms in Michigan have benefited both taxpayers and state employees
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Did Pension Reform Improve the Sustainability of Pension Plans?
Evidence from a Counterfactual Analysis of Michigan and Alaska