Conference Session

Frontiers in Engineering Economy

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Philip Brach, University of the District of Columbia; Ahmet Zeytinci, University of the District of Columbia; Pradeep Behera, University of the District of Columbia

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Economy

AC 2009-825: ENGINEERING ECONOMICS APPLIED TO PUBLIC-POLICYISSUESPhilip Brach, University of the District of ColumbiaAhmet Zeytinci, University of the District of ColumbiaPradeep Behera, University of the District of Columbia Page 14.551.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2009 ENGINEERING ECONOMICS APPLIED TO PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES: A CASE STUDY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTSAbstractThe current fiscal crisis confronting American society and the world is due in large part to theinability of a significant part of our society to fulfill their obligation to pay their homemortgages. Many solutions have been proposed. The failure of the home mortgage market ishaving