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1. Local Government, Fiscal Autonomy and Fiscal Stress

   The Case of California
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Agosto 1999
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   This 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...

2. Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2020
   Howard Chernick and Andrew Reschovsky

   This 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...

3. Methodology Used to Create the Fiscally Standardized Cities Database

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Setembro 2020
   Adam H. Langley

   This 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...

4. Municipal Fiscal Structures and Land-Based Growth in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2007
   Carol E. Heim

   This 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...

5. Intra-Metropolitan Area Fiscal Capacity Disparities and the Property Tax

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Abril 2004
   Michael E. Bell, Lindsay C. Clark, Joe Cordes, and Hal Wolman

   The 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...

6. The Influence of Local Fiscal Structure and Growth Control Choices on “Big Box” Urban Sprawl in the American West

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2002
   Robert W. Wassmer

   Is 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...

7. The Continuing Redistribution of Fiscal Stress

   The Long Run Consequences of Proposition 13
   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 1998
   Jeffrey I. Chapman

   The paper begins to examine some of the long-run implications of the passage of Proposition 13—a significant California property tax reduction initiative that passed in 1978. The particular...

8. Comparing Central City Finances Using Fiscally Standardized Cities

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Julho 2014
   Howard Chernick, Adam H. Langley, and Andrew Reschovsky

   Recent bankruptcies of several large central cities, most notably Detroit, have highlighted the importance of better understanding the fiscal pressures faced by American central cities. Because...

9. The Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities

   Documentos de Trabalho
   Janeiro 2014
   Howard Chernick and Andrew Reschovsky

   The recent bankruptcy filing by Detroit highlights the importance of measuring the fiscal health of the nation’s central cities. In this paper we explore several means of assessing city fiscal...

10. Causes and Consequences of Fiscal Stress in Michigan Municipal Governments

    Documentos de Trabalho
    Fevereiro 2010
    Mark Skidmore and Eric Scorsone

    Over the last several years Michigan municipalities have experienced significant and ongoing fiscal crises. The purposes of this study are to identify the underlying causes of fiscal hardship, and...