Purpose The purpose of this article is to challenge the balanced budget practices of US state
governments and offer alternatives that may lead to better fiscal, economic and policy …

This research compares state budget balancing strategies taken during the COVID‐19
pandemic and the Great Recession of 2007–2009. Distinguishing features of the two crises …

This paper detects whether and to what extent accounting manipulations take place during
the reconciliation process from government accounts (GA) to national accounts (NA) when …

This paper incorporates measurements of the four financial condition dimensions of cash,
budget, long-run, and service solvency to explore the link between financial condition and …

This paper explored how some Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries employed budget
policies to manage their budget deficits in the fiscal years between 2014 and 2018 …

Between 1989 and 2018, while national reliance on local property taxation to fund K–12
education remained quite stable, 24 states increased reliance on the local property tax …

What is the likely effect of the recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic on indigent
defense budgets in the United States? To look forward, we look backward. We examine data …

Air pollution refers to the presence of toxic chemicals or pollutants in air which deteriorates
the quality of air and pose risk to health. The higher the level of these polltants, the more …

Municipalities in Michigan get their power from the state of Michigan who responded to the
Great Recession with austerity policies impacting the relationship between local and state …

Florida's economy and government finances were strong going into the COVID-19
recession. Florida began feeling the effects of the pandemic in early to mid-March 2020 …