State and Local Budget Reforms

• | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies

A Short-Term Focus in Reporting Requirements Hides Uncomfortable Financial Truths

• • Ted Bolema
• March 30, 2021

Testimony before the Governmental Accounting Standards Board

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Congress Bails Out Some Pension Plans, but Does Nothing to Fix the Problem

• • Eileen Norcross
  • Ted Bolema
• March 30, 2021

• | Government Spending Government Spending
• | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments

Project No. 3-20 Proposed Changes May Obscure Government Fiscal Health

• • Ted Bolema
  • Eileen Norcross
• February 26, 2021

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs

Assigned and Unassigned General Fund Balances before the Pandemic

• • Marc Joffe
• September 2, 2020

• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Preparing for a Rainy Day

• • Eileen Norcross
  • Sheila Weinberg
• June 10, 2020

To manage inevitable economic shocks, states need to fix their fiscal foundations

• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

“Fiscal Evasion” Tactics Make Matters Worse for State Budgets When Hard Times Hit

• • Eileen Norcross
• December 17, 2019

Budget rules should be simple and they should mandate transparency in accounting and budgeting

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

State Pensions Plans Are In Bad Shape But Reforms Can Help

• • Adam Millsap
• March 27, 2019

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Working Papers Working Papers

Applying XBRL to US State and Local Government Audited Financial Reports

• • Marc Joffe
  • Jacqueline Reck
• January 3, 2019

• | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Amazon's HQ2 Would Have Been like the Iceberg to the Titanic for Nashville

• • Michael D. Farren
  • Anne Philpot
• November 20, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

New York's Smaller Counties Getting Left Behind

• • Adam Millsap
• November 16, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Seattle’s Tale of Two Stadiums

• • Michael D. Farren
  • Anne Philpot
• November 7, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Texas’ Economy Postpones State Budget Problems

• • Eileen Norcross
  • Olivia Gonzalez
• November 5, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Working Papers Working Papers

The California Rule and Its Potential Abolition

• • Scott Shepard
• October 16, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again

• • Veronique de Rugy
• October 12, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Without Pension Reform, Retirees Lose

• • Tracy C. Miller
• October 10, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Research Papers Research Papers

State Fiscal Rankings | 2018 Edition

• • Eileen Norcross
  • Olivia Gonzalez
• October 9, 2018

Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition

• | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Research Papers Research Papers

Prairie Prosperity: An Economic Guide for the State of North Dakota

• • Jeremy Jackson
  • James Caton
  • Raheem Williams
  • Kali Christianson
• October 9, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

NJ Must Make Painful Fixes to Reverse the Fiscal Crisis

• • Scott Shepard
• August 21, 2018

• | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Fredericksburg Should Rethink Baseball Subsidies

• • Michael D. Farren
  • Anne Philpot
• August 16, 2018

• | Urban Economics Urban Economics
• | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary

Even A Better Deal Isn't a Good Deal When It Comes to Seattle's Stadium Renovations

• • Anne Philpot
  • Michael D. Farren
• July 18, 2018