The delivery of clean drinking water and the treatment of wastewater are critical public
services, and in the United States, they are provided by a complex system of federal, state …

Following the conceptual framework developed by the Canadian Institute of Chartered
Accountants, which is based on three broad dimensions of sustainability, flexibility and …

Quantitative public financial management research focused on local governments is limited
by the absence of a common database for empirical analysis. While the US Census Bureau …

Just months after the 2008 Financial Crisis, the world's first cryptocurrency hit the market. In
a now famous paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, Satoshi Nakamoto …

This paper analyzes the impact of economic, social and political factors on municipal debt
behavior. With this aim, we have obtained a stratified random sample of 130 cities during a …

Scholars have shown that diversity depresses public goods provision. In US cities, racial
and ethnic divisions could seriously undermine investment. However, diverse cities spend …

“Internal controls” refer to organizational rules and procedures used to safeguard assets and
to detect fraud, waste, and abuse. This study examines the relationship between internal …

The article investigates the relationship between environmental violations and water utility
infrastructure investment in the Houston metropolitan area through a lens of institutional …

In this paper, we survey the cost differentials by debt issue purpose and the method of
underwriting. We find that cost differentials are a function of the purpose for which the debt …

This article examines the vertical diffusion of a policy between a state and its local
governments. Although policy diffusion typically relies upon multiple mechanisms, diffusion …