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How fiscal restraint affects spending and services in cities / Mark David Menchik, Judith Fernandez, Michael N. Caggiano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Menchik, Mark D.
- Series:
- R (Rand Corporation).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Municipal finance--United States.
- Municipal finance.
- Tax and expenditure limitations--United States.
- Tax and expenditure limitations.
- Government spending policy--United States.
- Government spending policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 107 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1982.
- Summary:
- 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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