Role of the Government in Residential Mortgage Markets.

• Position: Conferences

NBER Research Associates Darrell Duffie and Kenneth J. Singleton of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business organized a conference on the "Role of the Government in Residential Mortgage Markets", which was held in New York City on October 26, 2011. These papers were discussed:

* David Scharfstein, Harvard University and NBER, and Adi Sunderam, Harvard University, "The Economics of Housing Finance Reform: Privatizing, Regulating and Backstopping Mortgage Markets"

* Valentin Bolotnyy, Federal Reserve Board of Governors, "The Government-Sponsored Enterprises and the Mortgage Crisis: The Role of the Affordable Housing Goals"

* Dwight Jaffee and John M. Quigley...