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A Guide to the Financial Bailout Legislation

John P. Hunt
University of California - Davis School of Law (King Hall); Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy


October 14, 2008


Abstract:     
This paper summarizes and comments on the major provisions of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, grouping the subjects covered as follows: (1) General Nature and Scope of the Bailout Program; (2) Procedures for Purchase and Sale of Assets; (3) Insurance Program; (4) Executive Compensation; (5) FDIC-Related Provisions; (6) Foreclosure Mitigation/Management Guidelines; (7) General Regulatory Reform; (8) Oversight; (9) Additional Provisions.

Keywords: credit crisis, financial bailout, emergency economic stabilization act

JEL Classifications: G18

Working Paper Series

Date posted: October 15, 2008 ; Last revised: October 16, 2008

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Hunt, John P., A Guide to the Financial Bailout Legislation (October 14, 2008). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1284707


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John P. Hunt (Contact Author)
University of California - Davis School of Law (King Hall) ( email )
Martin Luther King, Jr. Hall
Davis, CA 95616-5201
United States
(530) 752-5052 (Phone)
Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy ( email )
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