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Composite Index of Local Fiscal Stability, Efficiency, Sustainability, and Livability
Central Eastern versus South Eastern European CountriesDocumentos de TrabalhoJaneiro 2022Aleksandra Maksimovska , Aleksandar Stojkov, Michal Radvan, and Tereza Rogic LugaricCitizen-centric local governance requires fiscally stable and efficient local governments that contribute to sustainable and livable communities. The central research objective herein is to provide...
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Local Government, Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Stress
The Case of CaliforniaDocumentos de TrabalhoAgosto 1999Jeffrey I. ChapmanThis working paper defines and extends the concepts of local government autonomy and local government fiscal autonomy, examining them as potential necessary conditions for a Tiebout equilibrium. It...
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Moving Beyond Conventional Economic Development Practice
An Asset-Based Framework for Sustainable CommunitiesDocumentos de TrabalhoJaneiro 2024Haegi Kwon, Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyMany factors contribute to growing inequalities in the United States. This report focuses on how economic development policies and practices may contribute to more equitable cities and regions. It...
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Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities
Documentos de TrabalhoJulho 2020This paper uses a specially constructed data base on city finance that accounts for the revenues and spending of the constituent governments that provide public services in cities—municipal...
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Methodology Used to Create the Fiscally Standardized Cities Database
Documentos de TrabalhoSetembro 2020This paper details the methodology used to create the fiscally standardized cities (FiSCs) database. The data are available for 212 U.S. cities for the 1977–2017 period on the Lincoln Institute...
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Municipal Fiscal Structures and Land-Based Growth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area
Documentos de TrabalhoJaneiro 2007Carol E. HeimThis case study examines municipal fiscal structures in the Phoenix metropolitan area, with a focus on Scottsdale, Chandler, and Fountain Hills. It explores implications of the quest for sales tax...
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Intra-Metropolitan Area Fiscal Capacity Disparities and the Property Tax
Documentos de TrabalhoAbril 2004Michael E. Bell, Lindsay C. Clark, Joe Cordes, and Hal WolmanThe purpose of this study is to assess the extent of variations in the revenue capacity of select local governments in the Washington, DC area using the Representative Revenue System developed by the...
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Predicting Municipal Fiscal Distress
Aspiration or Reality?Documentos de TrabalhoSetembro 2018Tracy GordonCities are where people come together to work, live, and thrive. Cities also face a host of fiscal challenges, many of which were laid bare in the Great Recession. Given these challenges,...
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The Influence of Local Fiscal Structure and Growth Control Choices on “Big Box” Urban Sprawl in the American West
Documentos de TrabalhoJaneiro 2002Robert W. WassmerIs the amount of total retail sales and two forms of “big box” retail (auto and home improvement) sales that occur outside of a western United States metropolitan area’s central...
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Evaluating the Effect of Differences in Revenue Systems on the Fiscal Health of Large U.S. Cities
Documentos de TrabalhoJunho 2017Sustainable fiscal health is crucial for cities. To do this, they must be able to generate flows of revenue over time sufficient to pay for needed services, even as the cost of those services grows....
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