01748cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009968 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451949063 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. The Fiscal and Economic Effects of Federal Credit Assistance Programs. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990. 1 online resource (28 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students While federal credit programs are varied in form, their fiscal and economic effects arise primarily from the same source-each program's subsidy component. Recent credit reform proposals would make control of credit subsidies the primary focus of budgetary efforts. By subjecting these subsidies to annual appropriations, the Government would gain more effective means to control the long-run fiscal effects of credit programs. Such reforms also would represent an important first step in improving their economic effects by eliminating unintended subsidies. However, many high subsidy-rate programs appear to have a significant effect on the allocation of credit without yielding clearcut efficiency gains. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1990/098 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1990/098/001.1990.issue-098-en.xml IMF e-Library