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Using Fiscal Ratios to Predict Local Fiscal Distress

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  • Gorina, Evgenia
  • Joffe, Marc
  • Maher, Craig

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We will collect audited financial and socioeconomic data for a large sample of local governments between 2008 and 2016 to create a fiscal scoring system for cities and counties based on our previous work, work done by Pew and the leading academics. City a

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  • Gorina, Evgenia & Joffe, Marc & Maher, Craig, 2018. "Using Fiscal Ratios to Predict Local Fiscal Distress," Working Papers 07776, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:ajw:wpaper:07776
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