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The Oxford handbook of state and local government finance, edited by Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen ; foreword by Alice M. Rivlin

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Includes bibliographical references and index

no index present

non fiction

The Oxford handbook of state and local government finance

769233802

edited by Robert D. Ebel and John E. Petersen ; foreword by Alice M. Rivlin

This handbook evaluates the persistent problems in the fiscal systems of state and local governments and what can be done to solve them. Each chapter provides a description of the discipline area, examines major developments in policy practices and research, and opines on future prospects

Foreword; Preface by Alice M. Rivin; 1. Introduction: State and Local Government Finance in the United States/ Robert D. Ebel, John E. Petersen and Ha T. T. Vu; 2. The Constitutional Frameworks of State and Local Government Finance/ John Kincaid; 3. Federalism Trends, Tensions and Outlook/ Timothy J. Conlan and Paul L. Posner; 4. State and Local Government Finance: Why It Matters/ Serdar Yilmaz, François Vaillancourt, and Bernard Dafflon; 5. State and Local Governments and the National Economy/ Rick Mattoon and Leslie McGranahan; 6. Evolving Financial Architecture of State and Local Governments/ Sally Wallace; 7. Profiles of Local Government Finance/ Christine R. Martell and Adam Greenwade; 8. Federal Preemption of Revenue Autonomy/ James R. Eads, Jr.; 9. State Intergovernmental Grant Programs/ Ronald C. Fisher and Andrew Bristle; 10. State and Local Fiscal Institutions in Recession and Recovery/ Tracy M. Gordon; 11. Real Property Tax/ Michael E. Bell; 12. State Personal Income Taxes/ Joseph J. Cordes and Jason N. Juffras; 13. State Corporate Income Taxes/ David Brunori; 14. Entity Taxation of Business Enterprise/ LeAnn Luna, Matthew N. Murray and Zhou Yang; 15. Implications of a Federal Value Added Tax for State and Local Governments / Harley T. Duncan; 16. Retail Sales and Use Taxation /William F. Fox; 17. Local Revenue Diversification: User Charges, Sales Taxes, and Income Taxes/ David L. Sjoquist and Rayna Stoycheva; 18. State Tax Administration: Seven Problems in Search of a Solution/ Billy Hamilton; 19. Revenue Estimation/ Norton Francis; --20. Providing and Financing K-12 Education/ Daphne Kenyon; 21. The Social Safety Net, Health Care, and the Great Recession/ Thomas Gais, Donald Boyd, and Lucy Dadayan; 22. Transportation Finance/ Jonathan L. Gifford; 23 Housing Policy in the U.S.: The Evolving Subnational Role/ Robert M. Buckley and Alex F. Schwartz; 24. Capital Budgeting and Spending/ Justin Marlowe; 25. Financial Markets and State and Local Governments/ John E. Petersen and Richard Ciccarone; 26. Infrastructure Privatization in the United States in the New Millennium/ Ellen Dannin and Lee Cokorinos; 27. Financial Emergencies: Default and Bankruptcy James E. Spiotto 28. Government Financial Reporting Standards: Reviewing the Past and Present, Anticipating the Future/ Craig D. Shoulders and Robert J. Freeman; 29. Pullback Management: State Budget Execution During Periods of Rapidly Declining Revenues/ Carolyn Boudreaux and W. Bartley Hildreth; 30. Public Employee Pensions and Investments/ Siona Listokin-Smith; 31. Accomplishing State Budget Policy and Process Reforms/ Iris J. Lav; 32. Fiscal Austerity and the Future of Federalism/ Rudolph G. Penner; 33. Achieving Fiscal Sustainability for State and Local Governments/ Robert B. Ward; 34. The Intergovernmental Grant System/ Raymond C. Scheppach; 35. Community Associations at Middle Age: Considering the Options/ Robert H. Nelson