Fiscal Health for Local Governments
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (708 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0123547512 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 271 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fiscal Health for Local Governments: A Must Have!" according to Dr. JM Maskarinetz. I require this book for students enrolled in a graduate seminar in public finance. Important, strategic policy decisions increasingly hinge upon the financial condition of government, which includes many resource acquisition and fiscal environment issues matters. In 1992, in response to a thoughtful monograph written by Robert Berne (Wagner School at N.Y.U.), the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (G.A.S.B.) began considering the need to include fiscal information in financial reports. The result is new standards for preparing government accounting reports that
This examination of the fiscal health of local governments offers a "how-to" approach to identifying and solving financial problems. *How-to approach will appeal to readers who lack sophisticated knowledge* Contains discussion questions and anonymous case studies of actual cities and municipalities* Presents practical methods for identifying and solving common fiscal problems. Its principal selling point lies in its assumptions: instead of using the vocabulary and research agendas of economists (such as Musgrave, Fisher), finance scholars (Ladd/Yinger) and political scientists (Peterson/Strachota), it will appeal to readers who lack sophisticated knowledge in these areas and nevertheless need practical advice.The book stems from the "Fiscal Health Education Program," an applied economics program at the University of Minnesota. The book examines the tools that can be used to assess the condition of a local government's fiscal health and some of the policy causes or remedies for certain situations, as well as some of the strategies governments can pursue to maintain and improve health. It will serve as a primer for readers interested in understanding financial processes and al
It will also be a welcome resource for courses in Fiscal Policy and Administration."-- Marilyn Rubin, Professor, Economics and Public Administration, John Jay College, City University of New York . The book will be a useful guide for a wide audience including government officials, policy analysts and students of public administration and public finance. This book is a wealth of information for both students of local public finance and local government administrators and elected officials. "Honadle, Cigler and Costa have done an excellent job of pulling together a diverse and complex literature on the fiscal health of local governments. The methods they outline are rooted on theory, yet have direct practical application." -- Steven Deller, Professor and Community Development Economist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA"Fiscal Health for Local Government provides a pragmatic approach for analyzing the fiscal health of local governments. It presents s
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