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How does intergovernmental fiscal environment affect general fund balances of major American cities?

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  • Yonghong Wu
  • Yu Shi

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This study explores the extent to which intergovernmental fiscal factors affect fiscal reserves in municipal general funds. Statistical results from panel data of 87 major cities in the US for the period from 1995 to 2010 show that cities facing more restrictive limitations on local property taxation tend to maintain higher levels of unreserved general fund balances. Additional analyses also show that fiscally constrained cities accumulate surpluses in their general funds. This is consistent with the proactive approach in which municipal governments make fiscal decisions with the awareness of expected state constraints on their revenue-raising capacity. We call for consideration of relevant intergovernmental constraints in the determination of appropriate level of fund balances for municipal governments.

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  • Yonghong Wu & Yu Shi, 2018. "How does intergovernmental fiscal environment affect general fund balances of major American cities?," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(6), pages 745-765, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:flgsxx:v:44:y:2018:i:6:p:745-765
    DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2018.1501365
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    1. Kawika Pierson & Jon C. Thompson & Fred Thompson, 2022. "Accounting for the State Fixed Effect for Municipal Cash Reserves: The Role of Financial and Institutional Variables," Public Finance Review, , vol. 50(2), pages 169-205, March.
    2. Michelle L. Lofton & Mikhail Ivonchyk, 2022. "Financial manager professionalism and use of interfund transfers: Evidence from Georgia counties," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 171-195, June.
    3. Michelle L. Lofton & Sharon N. Kioko, 2021. "The use of short‐term debt by general‐purpose governments," Public Budgeting & Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(4), pages 71-93, December.

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