Public Budgeting & Finance

1998 - 2026

Current editor(s): Philip Joyce and William Simonsen

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Volume 46, issue 1, 2026

Addressing Retiree Health Care Costs pp. 3-19

Robert Bifulco and Iuliia Shybalkina

Beyond Boilerplate: Analyzing the Dynamics of MD&A Content in State Financial Reports pp. 20-39

Hyoeun Kim and Mikhail Ivonchyk

The Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on Tax Compliance Time: Evidence From the World Bank Doing Business Project pp. 40-57

Nguyen Doan

Fiscal Effects of Firearm Taxes in California and Colorado pp. 58-66

Joseph G. Eisenhauer

Demographic Change and Citizen Support for and Perceptions of Local Government pp. 67-80

Eric J. Brunner, David J. Schwegman and Bill Simonsen

Volume 45, issue 4, 2025

High Noon for the Separation of Powers?: Trump and the Impoundment Control Act pp. 3-14

Philip Joyce

Budgeting in the Trump Years: 2018 and 2025 pp. 15-27

Nicholas Whitener and James D. Savage

Budgeting for Innovation: How Funding Strategies Enable or Constrain Public Sector Experimentation pp. 28-40

Ringa Raudla, Külli Sarapuu, James W. Douglas, Johanna Vallistu and Nastassia Harbuzova

Debt Policies, Budgeting and Financial Management Systems, and the Path to Sustainable Public Debt: The African Case pp. 41-53

Anselm Komla Abotsi

Measuring Fiscal Policy Uncertainty: The Case of Egypt pp. 54-71

Mohamed M. Badawy and Israa A. El Husseiny

Volume 45, issue 3, 2025

Is City Agency With Financial Management Levers Critical for Credit Ratings? An Analysis of Information Transparency and Certification pp. 3-20

Christine R. Martell, Mikhail Ivonchyk and Temirlan T. Moldogazíev

Competition or Cooperation? The Case of Revenue From Traffic Citations pp. 21-35

Siân Mughan and Akheil Singla

Is Financial Leanness Punished by Bond Credit Rating Agencies? The Nonprofit Dilemma of Balancing Trustworthiness and Creditworthiness pp. 36-73

Qingqing Sun

Impact of Stringent Budget Stabilization Fund Rules on US State Savings: Generalized Synthetic Control Method and Panel Data Analysis pp. 74-109

Eunjoo Choi and Yonghong Wu

Understanding the Relationship Between Municipal Structure and Size, Depopulation and Default Risk pp. 110-128

Dionisio Buendía‐Carrillo, Andrés Navarro‐Galera, Juan Lara‐Rubio and María Elena Gómez‐Miranda

Fixing Social Security: The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age By R. Douglas Arnold, Princeton University Press, 2022. 312 pp. $32.00 (hardcover), $22.95 (softcover) pp. 129-139

Joseph White

Volume 45, issue 2, 2025

The elusive fiscal commons: Examining fiscal interaction among overlapping governments pp. 3-44

Lang K. Yang, Jinhai Yu and Xin Chen

Opioid Epidemic and Local Fiscal Choices: Causal Evidence From Hydrocodone Rescheduling pp. 45-64

Felipe Lozano‐Rojas and Mikhail Ivonchyk

Impacts of fiscal stress labels on student achievement and achievement gaps pp. 65-83

Paul N. Thompson and Muhammad Aatir Khan

Interlocal service collaboration network and fiscal outcomes: Empirical evidence from Nebraska counties pp. 84-107

Tingli Qu

Effects of a defined‐contribution retirement plan on teacher attrition pp. 108-126

Eugenia Gorina and Jen Sidorova

Volume 45, issue 1, 2025

Advancing the Federal Budget Debate: The Debt, Deficits, Budgeting Rules and Practices pp. 5-6

Craig L. Johnson

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act At 50: A Mid‐Life Crisis pp. 7-20

Philip Joyce

United States Federal Indebtedness and Fiscal Policy Trade‐Offs pp. 21-56

Jagadeesh Gokhale and Kent Smetters

Understanding the Relationship Between Changes to Federal Fiscal Policy and Near‐Term Real GDP Growth pp. 57-69

Jaeger Nelson and Matthew Wilson

The Impact of Federal Fiscal Rules on Debt: Insights from the European Union Countries pp. 70-87

Sungho Park and Sewon Kim

Fiscal Stance, Fiscal Rules, and Public Debt Dynamics in the United States pp. 88-98

Attahir B. Abubakar, Suleiman Mamman and Jamilu Iliyasu

Is the Rising US Debt Sustainable: An Analysis of Primary Balance, Economic Growth, and Real Interest Rate pp. 99-109

Aman Khan and Olga Murova

The Sustainability of U.S. Debt and Potential Reforms: Fiscal Rules, Spending and Taxes, and a Fiscal Commission pp. 110-122

William McBride, Erica York, Alex Durante and Garrett Watson

An Essential Component of Any Policy Toolkit to Address Federal Budget Deficits: Tax Expenditure Reform pp. 123-129

Michael Granof, Martin J. Luby and Matthew Zachary

Broadening the Scope: The Importance of Cross‐Regional and Governance Analysis for Understanding Fiscal Rules pp. 130-137

Heidi Smith

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974: Form Over Substance pp. 138-143

Steve Redburn

Celebrating the Pyrite Anniversary of the Congressional Budget Act pp. 144-151

Roy T. Meyers

Second Generation Fiscal Rules, the Swiss Debt Brake, and a US Constitution Article V Amendment Convention pp. 152-160

Barry W. Poulson

Volume 44, issue 4, 2024

Introduction to the special issue on property tax administration pp. 3-4

Justin Ross

De jure and de facto property tax rates in large US cities pp. 5-27

Christopher Berry

Property tax‐induced mobility and redistribution: Evidence from mass reappraisals pp. 28-64

Rebecca Fraenkel

Compliance and assessment outcomes in the personal property tax pp. 65-88

Geoffrey Propheter

Do homeowners care about tax relief? Property tax relief and tax perceptions in the United States pp. 89-113

Yusun Kim

Anticipated property tax increases and the timing of home sales: Evidence from administrative data pp. 114-146

William Hoyt, Lucas Taulbee and Aaron Yelowitz

Effects of property value assessment limit portability on migration outflows pp. 147-182

Stuart P. DiDonato and Antonios Koumpias

Applying benefits theory to rationalize property tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations pp. 183-194

Thad D. Calabrese

Distributional, tax rate, and revenue implications of property tax homestead exemptions pp. 195-203

David Merriman

Volume 44, issue 2, 2024

Transitions pp. 3-5

Craig Johnson and Justin Ross

The impact of performance information on citizen perceptions of school district efficiency, trust in government, and support for taxes pp. 6-44

Eric J. Brunner, Yusun Kim, Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

Fiscal institutions and racial equity: Determining the price of water pp. 45-68

Kate Albrecht, Deborah A. Carroll, Amanda Kass, Jason Michnick and Brooke Wetmore

The interesting case of special and extraordinary items: What are they and how do they influence municipal government finances? pp. 69-89

Laiyang Ke and Benedict S. Jimenez

By the people, for the people: Local government's representation of voter preferences under the Affordable Care Act pp. 90-161

Victoria Perez, Justin Ross and Kosali Simon

Volume 44, issue 1, 2024

Outgoing editors statement pp. 3-4

Justin Marlowe and Sharon Kioko

A Titan in public budgeting and finance: Tribute to Thomas P. Lauth April 27, 1938–May 13, 2023 pp. 5-13

J. Edward Kellough, Elaine Yi Lu and Katherine Willoughby

Voter support for bond referenda: Does it matter if costs are presented as aggregate vs. personal costs? pp. 14-37

Corey Lang, Shanna Pearson‐Merkowitz and Zachary Scott

Local sales tax exportation: The impact of commuters, tourists, and college students on the tax base pp. 38-59

Whitney B. Afonso and Jeremy Moulton

Budget starting position matters: A “field‐in‐lab” experiment testing simulation engagement and budgetary preferences pp. 60-80

Zach Mohr and Whitney Afonso