Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health
eBook - ePub

Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health

A Model for Local Governments in the USA

  1. 330 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health

A Model for Local Governments in the USA

About this book

Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health provides an in-depth assessment of the fiscal health of cities throughout the United States.

The book examines the tools currently available to cities for designing a revenue structure, measuring fiscal conditions and measuring fiscal health. It explains how artificial policies such as tax and expenditure limitations influence fiscal policies, and how communities can overcome socioeconomic and state-policy barriers to produce strong fiscal conditions. The authors go beyond simple theory to analyze patterns of fiscal health using actual financial, demographic and TEL data from an accurate data source, the Government Financial Officers Association survey. The book offers a solid basis of empirical evidence including quantitative case studies—complete with discussion questions—to help practitioners better understand the environment in which they are functioning and the policy tools they need to help advocate for change.

This book teaches the reader the science and art of municipal financial analysis, and will be invaluable for local and state officials, analysts, and students and researchers.

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Yes, you can access Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health by Craig S. Maher,Sungho Park,Bruce D. McDonald III,Steven C. Deller in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. List of Figures
  9. List of Tables
  10. Author Biographies
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. 1 Introduction
  13. 2 Inputs: Municipal Fiscal Environments
  14. 3 Outputs: Municipal Fiscal Trends
  15. 4 Outcomes: Measuring Fiscal Health
  16. 5 Outcomes: Measuring Fiscal Stress
  17. 6 Outcomes: Municipal Fiscal Condition Trends
  18. 7 Policy Actions: Municipal Responses to Fiscal Stress
  19. 8 Policy Actions: State Responses to Municipal Fiscal Stress
  20. 9 Case Study of Flint, Michigan
  21. 10 Case Study of Wichita, Kansas
  22. 11 Case Study of North Lauderdale, Florida
  23. 12 Case Study of Havelock, North Carolina
  24. 13 Case Study of Commerce, California
  25. 14 Academic and Professional Approaches to Financial Condition Analysis
  26. 15 Conclusions and Lessons Learned
  27. Appendix A: Pros and Cons of the Census Bureau’s Survey of State and Local Government Finances
  28. Appendix B: Selected Benchmarks
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index