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 …

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

The fiscal decision of one local government may spill over to other localities, and such
externality could justify and inform policy making by a higher‐level government. Theories of …

Local government services are increasingly being provided in fragmented polycentric
systems where the overlapping jurisdictions draw resources from the same fiscal base …

We examine how county governments respond to plausibly random increases in the local
tax base generated by wind energy installations using data on the universe of US …

What would happen if the City of Chicago, the Chicago Public Schools, and Cook County all
became insolvent at the same time? How should policy-makers and courts respond? This …

State and local governments seek to save money through fiscal efficiency. One such
mechanism widely studied in the literature is through the choice for financial underwriting of …

Local governments consider a wide range of policies to increase resilience in the face of
myriad risks and employ a variety of tactics to communicate about these policies to external …

The proliferation of special-purpose districts and the increasing complexity of local
governance systems has been well documented. However, even as new special districts are …

In local government, debt is a key factor determining long-term solvency, stability and the
level of fiscal strain. The indebtedness of this sector may affect the quality of life and private …