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Sustaining the states, the fiscal viability of American state governments, edited by Marilyn Marks Rubin, Katherine G. Willoughby

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Sustaining the states

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edited by Marilyn Marks Rubin, Katherine G. Willoughby

American Society for Public Administration series in public administration & public policy

the fiscal viability of American state governments

"Preface The United States provides a classic example of a bottom-up system of federalism. It was created in 1787 when representatives of the then 13 colonies convened to ratify a constitution under which both the central government and the states would be sovereign entities. Within certain constitutional and statutory constraints, state governments thus (1) develop and execute their budgets without review and modification by the federal government, (2) determine their own revenue structures and levels and types of expenditures, and (3) borrow and manage debt. The U.S. system stands in contrast with nearly all other top-down nation-states in which the established central government constitutionally or legislatively assigns expenditure responsibilities and revenue raising authority to subnational units of government.* State fiscal decisions have a significant impact on this nation's economy. Together, with their more than 90,000 local governments, states account for almost 12 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and 60 percent of all government expenditures.--, Provided by Publisher

1. Sustaining the states : an introduction / Scott Pattison and Katherine G. Willoughby -- 2. Political institutions for sustainable state budgets / Irene S. Rubin and Roy T. Meyers -- 3. Changing state revenue strategies / John L. Mikesell -- 4. State tax structures : past trends, future possibilities / David L. Sjoquist -- 5. State competition for debt resources / Dwight V. Denison and Robert A. Greer -- 6. State debt management challenges / Merl Hackbart and Dwight V. Denison -- 7. State pension plans in crisis / Cynthia S. Searcy and William R. Darnell -- 8. The future of state spending / Carolyn Bourdeaux -- 9. State education expenditures / Sean P. Corcoran, Sarah A. Cordes, and Amy Ellen Schwartz -- 10. State health care expenditures / Shanna Rose -- 11. Future issues in state transportation finance / John R. Bartle and Can Chen -- 12. Financing criminal justice in the states / Michael C. Walker -- 13. State government workforces of the future / Sally Coleman Selden -- 14. A vision of the future sustainability of the states / Robert D. Ebel and Marilyn Marks Rubin