Public Budgeting & Finance

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Volume 41, issue 4, 2021

Guns or Butter… or Elections? Understanding intertemporal and distributive dimensions of policy choice through the examination of budgetary tradeoffs at the local level pp. 3-19

Mary Jo McGowan, JoEllen V. Pope, Martha E. Kropf and Zachary Mohr

What drives road infrastructure spending? pp. 20-49

James Alm and Trey Dronyk‐Trosper

Experimental evidence about property tax word aversion pp. 50-70

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

The use of short‐term debt by general‐purpose governments pp. 71-93

Michelle L. Lofton and Sharon N. Kioko

Medicaid and fiscal federalism during the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 94-109

Jeffrey Clemens, Benedic Ippolito and Stan Veuger

Volume 41, issue 3, 2021

Editors Note pp. 3-4

Justin Marlowe and Sharon Kioko

Budgeting for existential crisis: The federal government as society's guarantor pp. 5-21

F. Stevens Redburn

State budget balancing strategies: COVID‐19 and the Great Recession pp. 22-41

Marilyn M. Rubin and Katherine Willoughby

The Federal Reserve Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF): Where the municipal securities market and fed finally meet pp. 42-73

Craig L. Johnson, Tima T. Moldogaziev, Martin J. Luby and Ruth Winecoff

Too small to fail: The role of Medicaid in mitigating pandemic‐related fiscal strain on local governments pp. 74-97

Victoria Perez, Joseph A. Benitez and Justin Ross

Volume 41, issue 2, 2021

Learning from the Joneses: The professional learning effect of regional councils of government on municipal fiscal slack in suburban Chicago pp. 3-21

David Mitchell, Whitney Davis and Rebecca Hendrick

Municipal reliance on fine and fee revenues: How local courts contribute to extractive revenue practices in US cities pp. 22-44

Siân Mughan

Stringency of balanced budget laws and transparency of budgeting process pp. 45-64

Haizhen Mou and Maritza Lozano Man Hing

The effects of corruption of public officials on the dimensions of financial sustainability of state governments in Mexico pp. 65-88

Gabriel Puron‐Cid

Uganda's fiscal policy reforms: What have we learned? pp. 89-107

Joseph Mawejje and Nicholas Odhiambo

Volume 41, issue 1, 2021

Variation is the Norm: A Landscape Analysis of Weighted Student Funding Implementation pp. 3-25

Marguerite Roza, Katherine Hagan and Laura Anderson

Fiscal Decentralization and Natural Disaster Mitigation: Evidence from the United States pp. 26-50

Qing Miao, Yu Shi and Meri Davlasheridze

The Adoption of Local Option Fuel Taxes: Evidence From Florida Counties pp. 51-75

Can Chen and Whitney B. Afonso

Direct Versus Indirect Federal Bond Subsidies: New Evidence on Cost of Capital pp. 76-120

Martin J. Luby, Peter Orr and Richard Ryffel

Structural Budget Balance as a Fiscal Rule in the European Union—Good, Bad, or Ugly? pp. 121-141

Ringa Raudla and James W. Douglas

Volume 40, issue 4, 2020

The Impact of School Choice on Public School Budgets: Evidence From Open Enrollment in New York City pp. 3-37

Michah W. Rothbart

Tax and Expenditure Limitations, Salary Reductions, and Public Employee Turnover pp. 38-61

Michael S. Hayes

General‐Purpose Local Government Defaults: Type, Trend, and Impact pp. 62-85

Lang (Kate) Yang and Yulianti Abbas

The Lure of New Jobs: How Framing Impacts Perceptions of Local Subsidies for Sports Teams pp. 86-103

Jennifer M. Connolly and Michael Touchton

Beyond Truth and Integrity in State Budgeting: Why State Governments Use Budget Balancing Maneuvers (or Gimmicks)? pp. 104-127

Rebecca Hendrick and Xiaoyan Hu

Accrual Accounting and the Government's Intertemporal Budget Constraint pp. 128-141

Timothy Irwin

Public Performance Budgeting: Principles and Practice, by Elaine Y. Lu and Katherine Willoughby. New York: Routledge, 2019. 204 pages. ISBN 9781138695979. City on the Line, by Andrew Kleine. New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019. 279 pages. ISBN 9781538121887 pp. 142-146

William C. Rivenbark

Volume 40, issue 3, 2020

Introduction to Symposium: Modern Money Theory and Public Budgeting and Finance pp. 3-5

James W. Douglas and Robert S. Kravchuk

Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Debt? A Modern Money Theory Perspective on Federal Deficits and Debt pp. 6-25

James W. Douglas and Ringa Raudla

Sovereign Currency and Non‐Sovereign Budgets: The Modern Money Theory Approach pp. 26-48

L. Randall Wray

Monetary Sovereignty: Nature, Implementation, and Implications pp. 49-71

Eric Tymoigne

When the Interest Rate on the National Debt Is a Policy Variable (and “Printing Money” Does Not Apply) pp. 72-94

Scott Fullwiler

Post‐Keynesian Public Budgeting & Finance: Assessing Contributions From Modern Monetary Theory pp. 95-123

Robert S. Kravchuk

Volume 40, issue 2, 2020

Can Needs‐Based Grants Improve Local Transit Performance? Varying Effects by Level of Control pp. 3-19

Obed Pasha and Theodore H. Poister

Interlocal Collaboration and Local Fiscal Structure: Do State Incentives Matter? pp. 20-43

Sungho Park, Craig S. Maher and Carol Ebdon

The Influence of Finance Policies on Charter School Supply Decisions in Five States pp. 44-74

Christian Buerger

Are Overlapping Local Governments Competing With Each Other When Issuing Debt? pp. 75-92

Spencer T. Brien and Wenli Yan

Volume 40, issue 1, 2020

Looking Forward to Cuts: A Simulation Decision Tool for Cutback Management pp. 3-21

Spencer T. Brien, Philip J. Candreva, Stephen C. Hansen and Mina Pizzini

Assessing the Financial Impact of Natural Disasters on Local Governments pp. 22-44

Gang Chen

Financial Condition and Internal Control Deficiencies: Evidence From New York Counties pp. 45-69

Youngsung Kim and David S. T. Matkin

Predicting TIF Distress: A Statistical Analysis of Tax Incremental Finance Districts in Wisconsin pp. 70-90

John Kovari

An Additional Form of Appropriation: A Note pp. 91-98

Anthony McCann

Volume 39, issue 4, 2019

The Fiscal Impacts of Urban Sprawl: Evidence From U.S. County Areas pp. 3-27

Christopher Goodman

Alternative Methods of Experience Rating Unemployment Insurance Employer Taxes pp. 28-47

Michael Miller and Robert Pavosevich

Toward a Theory of Fiscal Slack pp. 48-74

Evgenia Gorina, Craig Maher and Sungho Park

The Federal Antideficiency Act at 150—Where Do We Stand? pp. 75-93

Philip J. Candreva

Decentralization, Fiscal Independence, and Poverty in the Philippines pp. 94-117

Tristan Canare and Jamil Paolo Francisco

Volume 39, issue 3, 2019

Does the Cost‐Cutting Strategy of Closing Public Schools Provide Financial Benefits? Evidence From Ohio pp. 3-21

Phuong Nguyen‐Hoang

The Efficiency‐Equity Tradeoff in School Aid: How Efficiency Targeting in Lump‐Sum Aid Generates Unexpected Effects pp. 22-43

Jay E. Ryu

Private Placements and the Cost of Borrowing in the Municipal Debt Market pp. 44-74

Tima T. Moldogaziev, Robert A. Greer and Jekyung Lee

Local Government Fiscal Health: Comparing Self‐Assessments to Conventional Measures pp. 75-96

Stephanie Leiser and Sarah Mills

Volume 39, issue 2, 2019

Property Tax Exemptions for Nonprofit Hospitals: What Are They Worth? Do They Earn Them? Evidence From New York City pp. 3-22

Geoffrey Propheter

Can Centralized Performance Budgeting Systems Be Useful For Line Ministries? Evidence From Chile pp. 23-43

Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán

Public Support for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Trends and Predictors pp. 44-67

Andrew Crosby and Allyson L. Holbrook

The Impact of the Amazon Tax on Local Sales Tax Revenue in Urban and Rural Jurisdictions pp. 68-90

Whitney B. Afonso

Volume 39, issue 1, 2019

The Impact of Dodd–Frank on True Interest Cost of Municipal Bonds: Evidence From California pp. 3-23

Mikhail Ivonchyk

Budgeting for Mandatory Spending: Prologue to Reform pp. 24-44

Marvin Phaup

Does Participatory Budgeting Change the Share of Public Funding to Low Income Neighborhoods? pp. 45-66

Iuliia Shybalkina and Robert Bifulco

Video Gambling Adoption and Tax Revenues: Evidence from Illinois pp. 67-88

Saied Toossi and Pengju Zhang