Format:
1 online resource (354 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780521811439
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9781139147897
Content:
This is the first history of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) based on archival sources. As the government's exports credit agency, Ex-Im promotes exports through loans, guarantees and insurance and has had an unusual history as a public institution shaped by market principles
Note:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 SETTING A FLEXIBLE COURSE -- INTRODUCTION -- ESTABLISHING THE BANK -- FORGING TIES TO BUSINESS -- THE BANK AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY -- THE BANK, BUSINESS, AND FOREIGN POLICY -- THE BANK, CONGRESS, AND THE FUTURE -- 2 WORLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH -- INTRODUCTION -- BEFORE AMERICAN ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II -- THE BANK AND WORLD WAR II -- THE BANK AND POSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION -- THE BANK AS AN INSTITUTION AND THE LESSONS OF THE WAR AND THE EARLY POSTWAR YEARS -- 3 COLD WAR AND THE NEEDS OF A NEW ERA, 1948 - 1961 -- INTRODUCTION -- OLD BUSINESS/NEW BUSINESS -- A NEW ADMINISTRATION IN A CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY -- OLD CONCERNS, NEW CONCERNS IN THE LATE 1950S -- 4 BECOMING "TWO INSTITUTIONS" -- INTRODUCTION -- INSURANCE, GUARANTEES, AND PRIVATE PARTICIPATIONS -- THE BANK AND ITS TRADITIONAL BUSINESS IN THE 1960S -- CONGRESS, THE BANK, AND THE COLD WAR -- HENRY KEARNS AND THE LESSONS OF THE 1960S -- Export-Import Bank Officers -- 5 NEW MANDATES AND NEW LIMITS -- INTRODUCTION -- ADJUSTING TO NEW REALITIES -- FOREIGN POLICY AND THE BANK -- THE BANK AND THE OECD -- EXPORT PROMOTION AGAIN -- 6 TURMOIL AND TURNING POINTS -- INTRODUCTION -- OECD ARRANGEMENTS -- THE REAGAN AGENDA AND THE BANK -- BUDGETARY PRESSURES: INTEREST RATE MATCHING PROGRAM (I-MATCH) -- OECD AND TIED AID -- REORGANIZATION -- 7 A NEW ERA AND ITS CHALLENGES, THE 1990S -- INTRODUCTION -- LOSS RESERVES, RECAPITALIZATION, AND CREDIT REFORM -- INSURANCE -- THE 1992 REAUTHORIZATION AND SMALL BUSINESS -- NEW INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT/PROJECT FINANCE -- NEW INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT/THE FORMER USSR -- OECD AND INCREASED EXPORT COMPETITION -- "REINVENTING" THE BANK -- EPILOGUE -- THE HARMON YEARS -- TAKING STOCK AND LOOKING FORWARD
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THE BANK, THE STATE, AND THE MARKET IN PERSPECTIVE -- APPENDIX A BOARD OF DIRECTORS -- APPENDIX B SUMMARY OF AUTHORIZATIONS -- APPENDIX C NUMBER OF AUTHORIZATIONS -- APPENDIX D CHARGES AGAINST STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TOTAL activity -- INDEX
Additional Edition:
Print version Becker, William H. The Market, the State, and the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1934-2000 New York : Cambridge University Press,c2003 ISBN 9780521811439
Language:
English
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