Measuring the Fiscal Health of U.S. Cities
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Keywords
municipal finance; urban fiscal health; municipal revenue; municipal spending; fiscal capacity; expenditure need; transfers; intergovernmental relations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H72 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Budget and Expenditures
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- H76 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Other Expenditure Categories
- H77 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - Intergovernmental Relations; Federalism
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PBE-2023-01-30 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2023-01-30 (Public Finance)
- NEP-URE-2023-01-30 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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