Government Risk-Bearing

Government Risk-Bearing
Author: Mark S. Sniderman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9401121842

The u.s. government bulks large in the nation's financial markets. The huge volume of government-issued and -sponsored debt affects the pricing and volume ofprivate debt and, consequently, resource allocation between competing alternatives. What is often not fully appreciated is the substantial influence the federal government wields overresource allocation through its provisionofcreditandrisk-bearing services to the private economy. Because peopleand firms generally seekto avoid risk, atsomeprice they are willing to pay another party to assume the risk they would otherwise face. Insurance companies are a class of private-sector firms one commonly thinks of as providing these services. As the federal government has expanded its presence in the U.S. economy during this century, it has increasingly developed programs aimed at bearing risks that the private sector either would not take on at any price, or would take on but atapricethoughtto besogreatthatmostpotentialbeneficiarieswouldnotpurchase the coverage. Today, roughly three-fifths of all nonfederal credit outstanding is 1 assisted by some form of federal program. The federal government provides insurance of many private pension plans through the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, subsidizesand implicitly guarantees the liabilitiesofseveral agencies dominating secondary loan markets (for example, the Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and Student Loan Mar ketingAssociation),andeithermakesdirectloansorguaranteesprivatelygenerated loans through a varietyofcreditprograms to farmers, exporters, home purchasers, and others.

Dealing with Public Risk in Private Infrastructure

Dealing with Public Risk in Private Infrastructure
Author: Timothy Irwin
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821340301

Many infrastructure privatizations still leave governments—and thus taxpayers—exposed to significant financial risks. This book examines these risks and considers how governments should respond to investors' requests for guarantees and other forms of government support. The report examines how governments can decide which risks to bear and which to avoid, how they can reduce the risks that private investors face without giving guarantees, and how they can measure, budget, and account for the risks they do take on.

Government Guarantees

Government Guarantees
Author: Timothy Irwin
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821368591

The book considers when governments should give guarantees to private investors. After describing the history of guarantees, and the challenges the politics and psychology create for good decisions, the book sets out a principles for allocating risk (and therefore guarantees), techniques for valuing guarantees, and rules to encourage good decisions.

Government at Risk

Government at Risk
Author: Hana Polackova Brixi
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780821348352

Many governments have faced serious instability as a result of their contingent liabilities. But conventional public finance analysis and institutions fail to address such fiscal risks. This book aims to provide motivation and practical guidance to governments seeking to improve their management of fiscal risks. The book addresses some of the difficult analytical and institutional challenges that face reformers tooling up to manage government fiscal risks. It discusses the inadequacies of conventional practices as well as recent advances in dealing with fiscal risk.

Health Care Administration

Health Care Administration
Author: Lawrence F. Wolper
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 994
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780763731441

Health Care Administration continues to be the definitive guide to contemporary health administration and is a must-have reference for students and professionals. This classic text provides comprehensive coverage of detailed functional, technical, and organizational matters.

The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity

The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity
Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 647
Release: 2015-12-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1400879760

The papers here range from description and analysis of how our political economy allocates its inventive effort, to studies of the decision making process in specific industrial laboratories. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government

Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2019-03-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0359541828

Policymakers and program managers are continually seeking ways to improve accountability in achieving an entity's mission. A key factor in improving accountability in achieving an entity's mission is to implement an effective internal control system. An effective internal control system helps an entity adapt to shifting environments, evolving demands, changing risks, and new priorities. As programs change and entities strive to improve operational processes and implement new technology, management continually evaluates its internal control system so that it is effective and updated when necessary. Section 3512 (c) and (d) of Title 31 of the United States Code (commonly known as the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)) requires the Comptroller General to issue standards for internal control in the federal government.

Public Sector Leadership in Assessing and Addressing Risk

Public Sector Leadership in Assessing and Addressing Risk
Author: Peter C. Young
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2022-04-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1801179484

Public Sector Leadership in Assessing and Addressing Risk explores risk management in practice, focusing on the identification of risks in the European public sector while contextualising its Eurocentric analysis within a global setting; it lays the groundwork for understanding the main philosophical premises of risk management.

Proceedings of the 2023 8th International Conference on Engineering Management (ICEM 2023)

Proceedings of the 2023 8th International Conference on Engineering Management (ICEM 2023)
Author: Bijay Kumar Kandel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2024-01-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9464633085

This is an open access book.ICEM started in 2016, ICEM 2016-2022 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Engineering Management to a common forum. And we achieved the primary goal which is to promote research and developmental activities in Engineering Management, and another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working all around the world. 2023 8th International Conference on Engineering Management (ICEM 2023) will be held on September 8-10, 2023 in Wuhan, China. Except that, ICEM 2023 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Engineering Management to a common forum. We will discuss and study about Project & Engineering Management , Visual analysis of big data, Supply Chain Management and Modeling, Disaster Modeling and Simulation and other fields. ICEM 2023 also aims to provide a platform for experts, scholars, engineers, technicians and technical R & D personnel to share scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies, understand academic development trends, expand research ideas, strengthen academic research and discussion, and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements. The conference sincerely invites experts, scholars, business people and other relevant personnel from universities, scientific research institutions at home and abroad to attend and exchange! The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in Engineering Management and related areas. Engineering management refers to the decision-making, planning, organization, command, coordination, and control of engineering to achieve expected goals and effectively utilize resources. The Engineering Management major cultivates students with theoretical foundations in construction engineering technology, economics, management, law, ecology, humanities, and other fields required by the new engineering discipline. They receive basic training as engineers and consultants, and possess independent thinking ability, engineering practice ability, organizational management ability, and international perspective as composite senior engineering management talents. We sincerely welcome our colleagues worldwide to join us for this conference. We look forward to seeing you in Wuhan, China for this exciting event!