What Should We Do? Public Attitudes about How Local Government Officials Should Confront Fiscal Stress

Richard Elling, Kelly Krawczyk and Jered Carr

Local Government Studies, 2014, vol. 40, issue 3, 380-402

Abstract: Despite strong scholarly interest in the topic of fiscal stress, little attention has been paid to understanding how the general public thinks local governments should respond to situations where declining revenues endanger service levels. This study reports findings from a survey of 660 residents undertaken between November 2006 and January 2007 in the US state of Michigan to examine their support for eight potential strategies to cope with fiscal stress in five different local government services. We find that the public has a surprisingly nuanced perspective about these strategies and on their use for different services. Our findings may provide local policymakers with some insights about how to respond to fiscal stress.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2013.823408

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