How fiscal restraint affects spending and services in cities / Mark David Menchik, Judith Fernandez, Michael N. Caggiano.

Author
Menchik, Mark D. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1982.
  • ©1982
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 107 pages) : illustrations

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R (Rand Corporation). [More in this series]
Summary note
During the 1970s, measures enacted in California, Kansas, and New Jersey limited localities' taxing and spending powers. Spending by nine of the ten city governments studied did not conclusively decline after fiscal limitation, probably because of state and federal grants to them. Nor was the tax revolt especially directed at so-called "inessential" agencies, such as libraries. When retrenchment did occur, the levels of key public services declined despite efforts to improve efficiency.
Notes
  • "R-2644-FF/RC."
  • "Prepared for the Ford Foundation."
  • "January 1982."
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