Fiscal Health For Local Governments

Author : Beth Walter Honadle
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0080472788
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fiscal Health for Local Governments written by Beth Walter Honadle and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiscal Health for Local Governments offers a how-to approach to identifying and solving financial problems. Its principal selling point lies in its assumptions: instead of using the vocabulary and research agendas of economist, finance scholars, and political scientists, it will appeal to readers who lack sophisticated knowledge in these areas and nevertheless need practical advice. The book stems from the Fiscal Health Education Program, an applied economics program at the University of Minnesota. It uses three measures of fiscal health — financial condition, trend analysis, and financial trend monitoring system — as the basis for advocating particular fiscal strategies. The book examines the tools that can be used to assess the condition of a local government's fiscal health and some of the policy causes or remedies for certain situations, as well as some of the strategies governments can pursue to maintain and improve health. It will serve as a primer for readers interested in understanding financial processes and alternatives, and as a practical guide for those who need access to fiscal measurement tools. How-to approach will appeal to readers who lack sophisticated knowledge Contains discussion questions and anonymous case studies of actual cities and municipalities Presents practical methods for identifying and solving common fiscal problems

Author : Helisse Levine
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0763792306
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Local Government Fiscal Health written by Helisse Levine and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiscal health of local governments and municipalities has remained an important issue since the crises of the 1970s in places like New York, Philadelphia and Cleveland. More recently, the bankruptcy of Orange County California raised the possibility of a different type of financial failure than earlier ones. The beginning of the 21st century has witnessed two major economic bubbles including the dotcom and housing bubbles. These economic cycles combined with increasing health care, pension and other structural costs continue to challenge the fiscal viability of many jurisdictions. In particular, the economic and financial crisis of 2007-2008 is likely to result in potentially serious fiscal challenges for local jurisdictions.

Author : Craig S. Maher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000845133
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Municipal Fiscal Health written by Craig S. Maher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Roy W. Bahl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Cycles and the Fiscal Health of State and Local Governments written by Roy W. Bahl and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437944388
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fiscal Stress Faced by Local Governments written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bruce McDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Challenges and Implications of Fiscal Health written by Bruce McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The condition of a local government's fiscal health presents challenges to those working for the government, but also to those who rely upon the goods and services that it provides. Significant attention is has been paid to improving our understanding of fiscal health to improve the decision-making process of administrators. Unfortunately, little consensus has emerged concerning how it is defined and how it is measured. How we view the defining terms and resulting measurement, however, has differing legal implications related to a government's bankruptcy or the imposition of an emergency manager by the state. Our understanding of fiscal health can also affect the recognition of a government's liability. This article seeks to bring some understanding to the fiscal health of local governments. This is accomplished by defining fiscal health, providing an overview of how the health is measured, and discussing the legal implications that emerge as a result.

Author : Eugenio Caperchione
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461545811
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Issues in Local Government Accounting written by Eugenio Caperchione and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there have been a number of significant reforms in local government accounting practices around the world. While the specific reasons for these changes vary, a common factor is the increasing need for governments to measure the efficacy and efficiency of their performance. Nowhere is this trend more apparent than at the local government level. This book aims to give a comparative international perspective on local government accounting innovations, and offers specific cases involving different economic, political and cultural conditions. Countries receiving extended treatment include Belgium, China, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Together, the essays offer a state-of-the-art take on these issues and identify key issues for future research.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264233385
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fiscal Sustainability of Health Systems Bridging Health and Finance Perspectives written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The health systems we enjoy today, and expected medical advances in the future, will be difficult to finance from public resources without major reforms. Public health spending in OECD countries has grown rapidly over most of the last half century. These spending increases have contributed to ...

Author : Rebecca M. Hendrick
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589017900
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing the Fiscal Metropolis written by Rebecca M. Hendrick and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities is an important book. This first comprehensive analysis of the financial condition, management, and policy making of local governments in a metropolitan region offers local governments currently dealing with the Great Recession a better understanding of what affects them financially and how to operate with less revenue. Hendrick’s groundbreaking study covers 264 Chicago suburban municipalities from the late 1990s to the present. In it she identifies and describes the primary factors and events that affect municipal financial decisions and financial conditions, explores the strategies these governments use to manage financial conditions and solve financial problems, and looks at the impact of contextual factors and stresses on government financial decisions. Managing the Fiscal Metropolis offers new evidence about the role of contextual factors— including other local governments—in the financial condition of municipalities and how municipal financial decisions and practices alter these effects. The wide economic and social diversity of the municipalities studied make its findings relevant on a national scale.

Author : Randolph L. Trostle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fiscal Health of State and Local Governments written by Randolph L. Trostle and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: