Fiscal Health for Local Governments. An Introduction to Concepts, Practical Analysis, and Strategies

''Honadle, Cigler and Costa have done an excellent job of pulling together a diverse and complex literature on the fiscal health of local governments. This book is a wealth of information for both students of local public finance and local government administrators and elected officials. The methods they outline are rooted on theory, yet have direct practical application.'' -- Steven Deller, Professor and Community Development Economist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA ''Fiscal Health for Local Government provides a pragmatic approach for analyzing the fiscal health of local governments. It presents several models for assessing expenditures, revenues and debt within the constructs of changing economic, demographic and political conditions, evolving intergovernmental patterns, and specific legal constraints. The book will be a useful guide for a wide audience including government officials, policy analysts and students of public administration and public finance. It will also be a welcome resource for courses in Fiscal Policy and Administration.'' -- Marilyn Rubin, Professor, Economics and Public Administration, John Jay College, City University of New York