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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

However, it is very hard to argue from a public policy viewpoint that taxpayers should indeed be implicitly subsidizing those types of loans. Adding quality transparency to the process so the public can see how it all works would complete the picture and eliminate any concerns about hidden agendas. It is discussed below. [19]