Municipal Finance Journal

1997 - 2024

From University of Chicago Press
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Using and Evaluating Expert Work Products in Municipal Offerings: Risk Assessments pp. 1 - 14: Gilbert Southwell, Heidi Schrader, Jim Miller and Lisa Greer Quateman
Setting Standards of Practice for Consultants pp. 15 - 24: Susan Gaffney, Leo J. Karwejna, Gary Caporicci and Robert Doty
Regulation and Your Consultants: Drawing the Line pp. 25 - 41: Robert Doty, Mary Simpkins, Leslie Norwood, Nat Singer and Lakshmi Kommi
Tax-Exempt Financing of Sectarian Institutions Following the Supreme Court’s Decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer pp. 43 - 70: Matthias M. Edrich, Lauren Ferrero, Ann C. Lebowitz, John Utley and Paul Wisor
Editor’s Note pp. v - vi: W. Bartley Hildreth

Infrastructure in the United States: Becoming “Second to None” pp. 1 - 21: Bryan Laing, Michael Bennon, Scott Zuchorski and Tyler Duvall
Up-to-Date Interest Rate Curve and Tax Law Changes: What Are the Effects on the Municipal Market? pp. 23 - 43: Kjerstin Hatch, Vikram Rai, Thomas Doe and John Miller
The New Municipal Debt Reality pp. 45 - 82: Richard Ciccarone, Gabriel Petek, Thomas Kozlik and Steven Malanga
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

After the Recalibration: Has Moody’s Credit Rating Model Changed? pp. 1 - 18: Craig L. Johnson, Yulianti Abbas and Chantalle E. LaFontant
The Interest Cost of Privately Insured Municipal Debt: Does Insurer Matter? pp. 19 - 38: Earl D. Benson and Barry R. Marks
School District Bond Advance Refunding and Option Value Loss pp. 39 - 57: Komla Dzigbede
Enough Heads in Beds: Local Government in the Hotel Business pp. 59 - 79: Paul Landow and Carol Ebdon
Municipal Loan and Private Placement Transparency Is Needed but Should Come at Lower Cost pp. 81 - 85: Marc Joffe
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

The Impact of New Vendors on Depositor Demand and Performance of the Texas Local Government Investment Pool pp. 1 - 25: Julius A. Nukpezah and Robert L. Bland
Public Pensions: Complex Systems Still in Flux pp. 27 - 55: Christopher Mier
How Well Does the Risk-Free Rate Predict the Future Rate of Return on Investments? Implications for Public Defined-Benefit Pension Plans pp. 57 - 72: Kenneth A. Kriz and Gang Chen
Rating Downgrades and Retiree Benefits pp. 73 - 77: Natalie R. Cohen
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

Illinois Politics and Public Finance 101 pp. 1 - 20: Peter Stettler, Laurence Msall, Kate Grossman and Greg Hinz
Democracy in Peril: What to Do When Elected Officials Haven’t, Won’t, or Can’t pp. 21 - 38: Marti Kopacz, Melissa B. Jacoby, Angel Taveras and Frank J. Bailey
Industry Roundtable pp. 39 - 56: Lisa Washburn, Jessica Kane, Michael Decker, Ritta McLaughlin, Bill Daly and J. Ben Watkins
Headline Risk: Unexpected Price Changes and Answering to the Folks at the Top pp. 57 - 79: Natalie Cohen, Joe Mysak, Sean Carney and Michael Zezas
Editor’s Note pp. v - vi: W. Bartley Hildreth

Can Public Pensions Fulfill Their Promises? An Examination of Pennsylvania’s Two Largest Public Pensions pp. 1 - 22: Erick M. Elder and Gary A. Wagner
Costs of Raising (Social) Capital Through Mini-Bonds pp. 23 - 43: Todd L. Ely and Christine R. Martell
Underwriters and Broker-Dealers: What’s All the Paperwork About? pp. 45 - 59: Dan Deaton, Andy Sears, Stephen Heaney, Peg Henry and Chris Mukai
Municipal Advisors: New Standards and Responsibilities pp. 61 - 86: Susan Gaffney, Dave Sanchez, David Leifer and Terry L. Maas
Editor’s Note pp. v - vi: W. Bartley Hildreth

Effects of Fiscal Stress on State Highway Infrastructure Finance: A Composite Index Approach pp. 1 - 28: Can Chen
Municipal Bond Risk Premia During the Financial Crisis: Model and Implications pp. 29 - 49: Kenneth A. Kriz and Qiushi Wang
Assessing the Impact of GASB Statement No. 34: The Perceptions of Municipal Bond Analysts pp. 51 - 72: Rebecca Bloch
Risk and Return of Industrial Development Bonds pp. 73 - 91: Diane Coogan-Pushner and Josh Keller
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

The Past and Future of Municipal Securities: Fortieth Anniversary of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board pp. 1 - 23: W. Bartley Hildreth, Christopher “Kit” Taylor, Lynnette Kelly, Robert Doty and Rick A. Fleming
Does the Level of Funding of City Government Pension Liabilities Affect Tax-Exempt Bond Insurance Premiums and Credit Ratings? pp. 25 - 49: Earl D. Benson and Barry R. Marks
P3 Projects and Tax-Exempt Bond Financing: How Does the Puzzle Work? pp. 51 - 66: Vicky Tsilas and Edith Brashares
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

Federal Reserve Policy: Projections and Impact on the Municipal Bond Market pp. 1 - 18: Nick Sourbis, Roberto Perli, Thomas McLoughlin and Jeffrey Burger
The Affordable Care Act: Credit Implications for U.S. Hospitals pp. 19 - 38: Jim Gilliland, Anu R. Singh, Lisa Zuckerman and Chris McLean
States of Insolvency: What Happens When (If) a State Runs Out of Money? The Legal and Economic Issues Surrounding State Fiscal Imbalances pp. 39 - 111: Joseph V. Kennedy
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

Does the Municipal Market Need to Forget Everything It Thought It Knew About Chapter 9 Bankruptcy? pp. 1 - 24: Ty Schoback, Elizabeth L. Perris, Bruce Bennett and Jeffrey E. Bjork
Industry Roundtable pp. 25 - 42: Jennifer Johnston, Lynnette Kelly, David Bean, J. Ben Watkins and Dee Wisor
Local Government Squeeze: Expenditure Flexibility Deep Dive pp. 43 - 68: Jessalynn Moro, Mike Nadol, Darren Adair and Mark Vincent
Dart Board Budgeting: Dealing with Volatile State Tax Collections pp. 69 - 104: Andy Shin, Kil Huh, Jonathan Ball and Charles Steindel
Editor’s Note pp. v - vi: W. Bartley Hildreth

A Time Series Model of Seasonality in the Municipal Bond Market pp. 1 - 23: Robert A. Greer
Bond Insurance: Introducing a Better Business Model pp. 25 - 44: Mark Adelson and George H. Butcher
Financial Management Implications of “Service Delivery Insolvency” pp. 45 - 61: Martin Ives
Delusions of Dollywood: The Randy Parton Theatre and Tax Increment Financing pp. 63 - 74: G. Jason Jolley and William B. Klatt
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth

Relationships Between Financial Advisors, Issuers, and Underwriters and the Pricing of Municipal Bonds pp. 1 - 25: Gao Liu
Missouri Municipal Bonds: The Cost of No Reforms pp. 27 - 50: Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen
Municipal Aid Evaluation and Reform pp. 51 - 73: Bo Zhao
Editor’s Note pp. v - v: W. Bartley Hildreth