Municipal Finance Journal

1997 - 2024

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Volume 29, issue 4, 2009

The Impact of the Credit Crisis and Weaker Economy on U.S. States and Municipal Entities pp. 1 - 11

Nick Samuels

When Market Risk Becomes a Credit Factor: Short-Term Markets and Government’s Response pp. 13 - 22

Natalie R. Cohen

Municipal Market Struggles to Maintain Broad Retail Participation Without Bond Insurance pp. 23 - 35

Paul Kwiatkoski

What Happens When Municipal Bond Insurance Companies Lose Credit? pp. 37 - 47

Dwight V. Denison

State and Local Government Finance in the Current Crisis: Time for Emergency Federal Relief? pp. 49 - 64

David E. Wildasin

The Other “S&L Crisis”: A Policy Window for Reform? pp. 65 - 76

Beth Walter Honadle

The Current Impact of the Tightening Credit Market on Municipal Borrowing Costs: A Case Study pp. 77 - 86

Jane Beckett-Camarata

Subprimes, Shortfalls, and Spillovers: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Mortgage-Related Revenues in NYS Counties pp. 87 - 99

Helisse Levine

“I Never Knew It Could Be Like This”: Lessons from the 1980s for California’s Budget Crisis pp. 101 - 124

Daniel J.B. Mitchell

Holding a Hot Potato? The Credit Crisis and Its Impact on State Cash and Short-Term Investment Portfolios pp. 125 - 137

Beth-Anne S. Leech

Editor’s Note pp. v - vi

Dwight V. Denison

Volume 29, issue 3, 2008

Nonprofit Activity and County Financial Condition pp. 1 - 26

Deborah A. Carroll, Brian R. Gamsey and Keely Jones Stater

The Role of Tax Limitation in New York State’s Property Tax Burden pp. 27 - 43

Michael Hattery and Yi Lu

Fiscal Conditions, Political Interests, and Service Outsourcing Decisions: The Case of Georgia Counties pp. 45 - 62

Anna Ya Ni and Zhirong Jerry Zhao

Editor’s Note pp. v - vi

Justin Marlowe

Volume 29, issue 2, 2008

Assessing Debt Affordability for Large Capital Projects: A Case Study pp. 1 - 20

John Bartle, Kenneth A. Kriz and Qiushi Wang

Intergovernmental Aid Under the Radar? Assessing the Redevelopment of the Wilmington Delaware Riverfront pp. 21 - 46

Jonathan B. Justice, Simon Condliffe and Lindsey J. Interlante

Special District Financing for Infrastructure: Sharing the Credit with Local Government pp. 47 - 76

John R. Orrick and Demetrios M. Datch

Local Government Audits: A Look at Audit Findings and Differences Related to the Type of Auditor pp. 77 - 89

Stephen T. Jakubowski

Editor’s Note pp. v - v

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 29, issue 1, 2008

The Graying of America and Our Fiscal Dilemma pp. 1 - 8

Laurence J. Kotlikoff

Bursting at the Seams: The Challenges of Managing Change pp. 9 - 14

Scott Thompson

Will a Drop in the Housing Market Sink the Economy? The Case of California pp. 15 - 22

Lawrence E. Stone

Asset-Liability Management: Managing Swaps pp. 23 - 26

Robert Lamb

Municipal Market Roundtable: Current Events in the Municipal Bond Market pp. 27 - 30

Martha Mahan Haines

Securities Law Application to Municipal Finance Transactions—Continued Expansion and a Market in Flux: Part 2 pp. 31 - 75

Robert W. Doty

Editor’s Note pp. v - v

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 28, issue 4, 2008

Persistent Underwriter Use and the Cost of Borrowing pp. 1 - 13

Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Comparative Cost of Negotiated and Competitive Methods of Municipal Bond Issuance pp. 15 - 41

Eric Fruits, James Booth, Randall Pozdena and Richard Smith

Popular, … But More Influential? A Test of Whether Special Purpose Governments Affect Federal Transit Financing pp. 43 - 61

Olga Smirnova, Suzanne Leland and Gary A. Johnson

Securities Law Application to Municipal Finance Transactions—Continued Expansion and a Market in Flux: Part 1 pp. 63 - 101

Robert W. Doty

Editor’s Note pp. v - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 28, issue 3, 2007

Do State Debt Policies and Oversight Affect How Much Public Universities Borrow? pp. 1 - 17

Michael Moody

Fiscal Limits and State Fiscal Structure: An Analysis of State Revenue Structure and Indebtedness pp. 19 - 35

Myungsoon Hur

Total Recall: Did Municipal Bond Investors Anticipate the Effects of California’s Recent Elections? pp. 37 - 56

Robert Nye

Willingness to Pay Taxes for Homeland Security Measures pp. 57 - 83

Amy Donahue, Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

Editor’s Note pp. v - vi

Deborah A. Carroll

Volume 28, issue 2, 2007

Debt Burdens of Overlapping Jurisdictions pp. 1 - 23

Christine R. Martell

The Impact of Electronic Auctions and Auction Types on the Market for Municipal Bonds pp. 25 - 47

Kenneth N. Daniels and Jayaraman Vijayakumar

Financing Indian Tribal Projects Using Tax-Exempt Bonds pp. 49 - 55

Larry R. Garrison

GASB Update pp. 57 - 63

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. v - v

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 28, issue 1, 2007

Public-Private Leasing Arrangements and Tax Incentives: Creative Alternatives to Traditional Financing of School Construction pp. 1 - 18

Daniel P. Murphy and Beth Howard

Causal Factors Leading to Municipal Bankruptcies: A Comparative Case Study pp. 19 - 36

Robert J. Landry and Cynthia S. McCarty

How Do State Housing Agencies Allocate Mortgage Revenue Bond Subsidies? pp. 37 - 52

Jonathan Kivell and Charles L. Vehorn

“Let Me Advise You on How Much to Pay Me”: Subverting Fiduciary Duties and Rules pp. 53 - 64

Tamar Frankel

Difficulties Financing a Nonprofit/Municipal Capital Project: The Guthrie Theater pp. 65 - 76

Jay Kiedrowski

Editor’s Note pp. v - v

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 27, issue 4, 2007

The Changing and Challenging Landscape of Toll Road Finance pp. 1 - 5

Philip Villaluz

Top Ten Things That Drive the Buy Side Crazy pp. 7 - 25

Richard Moche, Tom Weyl and Ed Nahmias

Lessons from Recent Natural Disasters pp. 27 - 53

Timothy McKeon, Charles Meade, J. Ben Watkins, Tim Richison and Barbara Goodson

Securities Law Application to Municipal Finance Transactions Is Coming of Age pp. 55 - 88

Robert W. Doty

Editor’s Note pp. v - v

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 27, issue 3, 2006

Why Do Issuers Privately Place Municipal Bonds? pp. 1 - 17

Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

Municipal Bond Basis pp. 19 - 33

Patrick J. Cusatis

Is There Asymmetry in the Municipal Bond Risk Premium? pp. 35 - 44

J. Bert Stine and Mark A. Thompson

Toll Financing Practices in the United States pp. 45 - 68

Jianling Li

Volume 27, issue 2, 2006

Volume, Liquidity, and Investor Risk Perceptions in the Secondary Market: Lessons from Katrina, Rita, and Wilma pp. 1 - 37

Justin Marlowe

Bond Market Reactions to Hurricane Katrina: An Investigation of Prices and Trading Activity of New Orleans Bonds pp. 39 - 52

Dwight Denison

Natural Disasters and State and Local Finance in Louisiana: A Case Study in 2005 pp. 53 - 74

James A. Richardson

Funding Homeland Security and Hurricane Preparedness: Florida’s Local Governments Face Formidable Fiscal Pressures pp. 75 - 93

Kiki Caruson and Susan A. MacManus

Hurricanes on the Alabama Gulf Coast: The Manageable Impacts of Ivan and Katrina pp. 95 - 111

Donna Milam Handley

Volume 27, issue 1, 2006

Explaining Municipal Bond Volatility: Implications for Practice pp. 1 - 33

S. Lakshmivarahan and Duane R. Stock

Tribal Financing Issues pp. 35 - 52

Katherine McManus, Thomas Whitman and Townsend Hyatt

Public, Private, or Somewhere in Between: The Pros, Cons, Ins, and Outs of Privatization and Public/Private Partnerships pp. 53 - 70

Amy Doppelt, Geoffrey Segal, Marcia A. St. Martin and Sandra Brinkert

GASB Update pp. 71 - 77

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth