Growth and Variability in State Tax Revenue: An Anatomy of State Fiscal Crises (Contributions in Economics & Economic History) - Hardcover

Holcombe, Randall G.; Sobel, Russell S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313304238 ISBN 13: 9780313304231

Verlag: Praeger, 1997

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During recessions state government fiscal crises are widespread, as states find their revenues inadequate to meet their expenditure demands. This volume shows that state fiscal crises have only one significant cause: revenue downturns associated with recessions. Other analysts have argued that fiscal crises are the result of an interaction of many complex causes, including inadequate tax bases, increasing expenditure demands, and limits placed on state governments by voters. This analysis examines these other factors and shows that while they present significant challenges to state policymakers, they are not the cause of fiscal crises.

The book presents an improved methodology for measuring cyclical variability of revenues and uses this methodology to show that there is no way to restructure state tax systems in order to appreciably reduce the fiscal stress associated with recessions. Fiscal stress can be lessened by setting aside revenues during prosperous years in a rainy day fund, but current rainy day funds are not large enough to eliminate the fiscal stress caused by recessions.

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RANDALL G. HOLCOMBE is Professor of Economics at Florida State University, Tallahassee. He has written Public Finance and the Political Process, An Economic Analysis of Democracy, and Public Sector Economics, as well as numerous articles.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Praeger
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0313304238
• ISBN 13: 9780313304231
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 222
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