Municipal Finance Journal

1997 - 2024

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Volume 26, issue 4, 2006

Distribution of the Effects of Savings Across Expenditure Types Over the Business Cycle—Evidence from the States pp. 1 - 25

Yilin Hou

Let’s Root for the Home Team: Finding the Right Mix of Public and Private Sports Financing pp. 27 - 45

Mary Francoeur, Mitchell Zeits, Oliver Luck and Frank Hawkins

Tax and Disclosure Issues Affecting the Municipal Market pp. 47 - 63

Mark Scott, Foster Clark, Martha Haines, Gerry Lian and Laura Slaughter

The Changing Competitive Landscape for Bond Insurance pp. 65 - 79

Richard Smith, Frank Bivona, Michael Schozer and Terry Trim

Washington Tax Update pp. 81 - 87

Linda B. Schakel

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 26, issue 3, 2005

Tax Incentives in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina pp. 1 - 13

Jane G. Gravelle

Examining the Social Equity of Trading Sales Taxes for Property Tax Relief pp. 15 - 34

Paula Yeary and Curtis Wood

Dealing With Municipal Swap Risks pp. 35 - 43

Alexander B. Buchanan

No Quick Fix for Bonds in Gulf Disaster Area: State, Not Federal, Debt Relief Plans Emerging pp. 45 - 72

Kurt van Kuller

New Categories of Municipal Bonds pp. 73 - 78

Linda B. Schakel

GASB Update pp. 79 - 82

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 26, issue 2, 2005

The State Capital Funding Structure: Its Effect on the Operating Budget and Capital Spending Growth pp. 1 - 18

Jun Peng

FHA Multifamily Defaults Soar: An Update on FHA Project Loan Defaults and Prepayments pp. 19 - 36

Kurt van Kuller

Municipal Insolvencies: An Article on the Treatment of Municipalities Under Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code pp. 37 - 59

Alexander M. Laughlin

More Geographic Bias Seen in Affordable Loans: State Prepayment Differentials pp. 61 - 82

Kurt van Kuller

GASB Update pp. 83 - 89

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 26, issue 1, 2005

State Rules About the Use of Net Interest Cost and True Interest Cost for Calculating Municipal Bond Interest Rates pp. 1 - 25

Bill Simonsen, Mark D. Robbins and Bernard Jump

Are Investors Listening When Politicians Speak? Assessing the Securities Fraud Liability of Political Officials Who Manage Large Civic Works Projects pp. 27 - 52

Jeffrey S. Huang

Financing Religious Educational Institutions with Tax-Exempt Public Bond Proceeds: Implications of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris pp. 53 - 73

Jason M. Hall

To Live or Let Die: Expiring Tax Provisions pp. 75 - 78

Olivia Shay-Byrne

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 25, issue 4, 2005

Lease-Purchase Financings in China—Financial Instruments for Environmental Infrastructure pp. 1 - 12

Robert W. Doty

An Appraisal of the Interest Cost Savings of State Bond Banks pp. 13 - 48

Paul L. Solano

IRS Examinations of Tax-Exempt Bonds: An Agent’s Perspective pp. 49 - 58

James L. Raybeck

GASB Update pp. 59 - 65

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 25, issue 3, 2004

Public Pensions: Who Shall Watch the Watchers Themselves? pp. 1 - 16

John D. Wong

The San Diego Pension Report pp. 17 - 125

Paul S. Maco and Richard C. Sauer

The San Diego Pension Debacle: Is It the Tip of the Iceberg? pp. 127 - 130

Richard Lehmann

The San Diego Report: Déjà Vu All Over Again pp. 131 - 134

Phillip C. Allen

The Duties of Public Issuers in the Post-Enron World pp. 135 - 136

Robert W. Doty

Pay As You Go in San Diego: How the City’s Pension Liability Grew So Quickly and So Large pp. 137 - 139

Jane Beckett-Camarata

San Diego’s Deficient Disclosures: Pension Systems Are Financial Derivatives pp. 141 - 143

Dwight V. Denison

San Diego’s Fiscal Illusions:Three Lessons to Be Learned pp. 144 - 146

Jun Peng

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 25, issue 2, 2004

Predicting Municipal Bond Interest Rates: Uses in Negotiated Sale Pricing pp. 1 - 11

Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

Airport Special Facility Bonds After the United Airlines Bankruptcy Decision pp. 13 - 28

Peter Stettler, Erik P. Kimball, William W. Kannel and Eric A.S. Richards

U.S.Airports: Navigating a Changing Operating Environment pp. 29 - 46

Karen Szerszen, Phil Hill, Lynn Hampton and Daniel Champeau

Update on Guidance from the Internal Revenue Service pp. 47 - 53

Linda B. Schakel

Editor’s Note pp. vii - vii

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 25, issue 1, 2004

Municipal Bond Auctions and Borrowing Costs pp. 1 - 16

Mark D. Robbins, Bill Simonsen and Christine Rocco

The Value of the Advance Refunding Option and the Refunding Efficiency of Tax-Exempt Municipal Bonds pp. 17 - 31

Wei David Zhang and Jinliang Li

Political Risk and Credit Quality pp. 33 - 46

Charles Nellans, Timothy Blake, David Blair, Chris Sperry and Joe Stewart

Pensions and Other Retirement Costs: A Ticking Time Bomb pp. 47 - 70

Joseph Mason, Keith Brainard, Larry Langer, Parry Young and Anne G. Ross

GASB Update pp. 71 - 80

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. vii - viii

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 24, issue 4, 2004

Living with a Governmental Bond Issue: A Compliance Guide pp. 1 - 24

James P. Monacell and Benjamin J. Brooks

An Empirical Examination of Revenue Forecasting Techniques in Local Governments pp. 25 - 48

Christopher G. Reddick

U.S. Municipal Rating Transitions and Defaults, 1986–2003 pp. 49 - 77

Colleen Woodell, William Montrone and Brooks Brady

GASB Update pp. 79 - 87

Catherine L. Staples

DC Enterprise Zone Bond Program, Other E Zone Programs, Are at a Crossroads pp. 88 - 90

Olivia Shay-Byrne and Philip J. Fick

Editor’s Note pp. v - v

W. Bartley Hildreth

Volume 24, issue 3, 2003

A Proposal for the Development of Municipal Bond Portfolio Insurance pp. 1 - 31

Jeffrey A. Nemecek

Secondary Market Derivatives—Tender Option Bonds: A Primer pp. 33 - 46

Stevie D. Conlon

The Municipal Marketplace: The Changing Role of the Analyst pp. 47 - 50

Martha Mahan Haines

New Trends in K–12 Education Finance: The Buy-Side Perspective pp. 51 - 63

Douglas J. Kilcommons

New Trends in K–12 Education Finance: Chancellor Beacon Academies pp. 64 - 68

Kevin Hall

Volume 24, issue 2, 2003

State Income Tax and Local Government Borrowing Cost Revisited pp. 1 - 15

Wes Clarke and Robert L. Bland

Current Issues Facing Bond Issuers and Their Financial Advisors pp. 17 - 25

Monique Moyer

Bond Pricing and Credit Approval: A Financial Advisor’s Point of View pp. 27 - 35

Barry Fick

Bond Pricing and Credit Approval: An Underwriter’s Point of View pp. 37 - 44

Kenneth E. Williams

Bond Pricing and Credit Approval: An Institutional Investor’s Point of View pp. 45 - 50

Mary Colby

The Bond Insurers’ Business and Economic Trends pp. 51 - 61

David S. Veno

Recent Research in Public Finance: The Impact of Financial Advisor Independence on Issuer Interest Cost pp. 63 - 72

William P. Kittredge

Recent Research in Public Finance: Predicting Municipal Bond Interest Rates pp. 73 - 77

Bill Simonsen

Private Activity Bond Refunding Regulations pp. 79 - 85

Linda B. Schakel

GASB Update pp. 87 - 90

Catherine L. Staples

Volume 24, issue 1, 2003

Factors Influencing Negotiated Sale Borrowing Costs pp. 1 - 16

Bill Simonsen and Mark D. Robbins

Updating State and Local Financial Indicators pp. 17 - 35

Carol W. Lewis

Financial Advisor Independence and the Choice of Municipal Bond Sale Type pp. 37 - 57

Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

The Great Tobacco Bond Scramble pp. 59 - 61

Richard Lehmann

Collegiate Housing Foundation Settlement Agreement Reached pp. 63 - 68

Olivia Shay-Byrne and Jennifer Livingston

GASB Update pp. 69 - 77

Catherine L. Staples

Editor’s Note pp. vi - vi

W. Bartley Hildreth