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MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy Public Policy

Economic Fitness As a Tool for Sovereign Development Funds

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Sovereign Development Funds’ (SDFs) dual mandate of pursuing financial or commercial objectives alongside long-term strategic and developments goals presents several challenges. First, SDFs must identify why [...]

Jan 23, 2023
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What is the Social Discount Rate? MIT Economists Weigh In

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In a comment letter to the Office of Management and Budget on Circular A-4 that guides federal agencies in conducting benefit-cost analyses, a dozen MIT professors, many affiliated with the Golub Center for Finance and Policy, offered suggestions [...]

Jul 19, 2023
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Edward Golding op-ed on FHFA and mortgage risk pricing

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MAY 4 – 2023 “BankThink: No, FHFA is not encouraging a race to the bottom.” Recently, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, acting in its capacity as conservator of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, made some modest changes in the pricing of mortgage risk. These modest changes [...]

May 4, 2023
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Robert Pozen: Local Banks Need Government Support

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Robert Pozen, MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer and member of the GCFP Advisory Board, writes in Market Watch that it is imperative for the government to take steps to preserve mid-sized banks. He offers [...]

May 26, 2023
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