In the spring of 2020, in addition to the COVID-19 public health emergency, US state governments were also facing budgetary crises as revenue sources such as sales and fees fell as lockdowns began. Using North Carolina as a case study, Whitney Afonso looks at municipalities’ budget strategies in the face of falling revenues. Rather than following best practice by investing in infrastructure, she finds that local governments primarily used similar measures as in past recessions such as cancelling or delaying large projects, reducing staff and accessing existing savings
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fi...
The Great Recession that began in late 2007 had devastating consequences for the fiscal health of s...
Theories of fiscal federalism argue a decentralized system of governance increases efficiency becaus...
In the spring of 2020, in addition to the COVID-19 public health emergency, US state governments wer...
This article outlines how counties and municipalities in North Carolina prepared their fiscal year 2...
The fiscal crisis encountered by state-local governments since 2008 has again made prominent the iss...
Across the country local government revenues have decreased while operating costs such as fuel, mate...
Local governments across the nation for the past few years have struggled in the face of declining ...
There is a renewed interest in the fiscal health of local governments in the United States, which is...
The architecture of fiscal federalism in the United States represents an obstacle for prompt and com...
The fiscal crisis encountered by state-local governments since 2008 has again made prominent the iss...
The unprecedented double blow of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing steep recession challenges local ...
The Great Recession hit several U.S. cities hard. Facing large revenue losses, these cities undertoo...
Throughout most of 2020, state and local governments faced severe budget crises as a result of the C...
Across the country local government revenues have decreased while operating costs such as fuel, mate...
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fi...
The Great Recession that began in late 2007 had devastating consequences for the fiscal health of s...
Theories of fiscal federalism argue a decentralized system of governance increases efficiency becaus...
In the spring of 2020, in addition to the COVID-19 public health emergency, US state governments wer...
This article outlines how counties and municipalities in North Carolina prepared their fiscal year 2...
The fiscal crisis encountered by state-local governments since 2008 has again made prominent the iss...
Across the country local government revenues have decreased while operating costs such as fuel, mate...
Local governments across the nation for the past few years have struggled in the face of declining ...
There is a renewed interest in the fiscal health of local governments in the United States, which is...
The architecture of fiscal federalism in the United States represents an obstacle for prompt and com...
The fiscal crisis encountered by state-local governments since 2008 has again made prominent the iss...
The unprecedented double blow of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing steep recession challenges local ...
The Great Recession hit several U.S. cities hard. Facing large revenue losses, these cities undertoo...
Throughout most of 2020, state and local governments faced severe budget crises as a result of the C...
Across the country local government revenues have decreased while operating costs such as fuel, mate...
In response to the record-breaking COVID19 recession, many governments have adopted unprecedented fi...
The Great Recession that began in late 2007 had devastating consequences for the fiscal health of s...
Theories of fiscal federalism argue a decentralized system of governance increases efficiency becaus...