TY - BOOK AU - Fisher,Ronald C. TI - State and Local Public Finance SN - 9780367467234 AV - HJ275 F55 2023 U1 - 336/.01373 23/eng/20220728 PY - 2023/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Finance, Public KW - United States KW - States KW - Local finance KW - State-local relations KW - Intergovernmental fiscal relations N1 - Revised edition of the author's State and local public finance, 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "State and Local Public Finance provides a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of state and local government public finance practices and issues, using the basic tools of economics. This fifth edition maintains its focus on key local services such as education, healthcare and transportation, and brings in new coverage of land use and housing, applications from behavioural economics, and more international comparisons. This textbook provides an examination and analysis of public finance practices and problems in a federal fiscal system, focusing on the fiscal behaviour and policies of state and local governments. Modern economic theory is applied to examine the way key institutions are used to produce and finance services, and to provide evaluation of alternative policies. This stalwart text will continue to be invaluable reading for those who study public finance, local government finance, urban economics, public policy and public administration"-- ER -