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Understanding financial success: an exploration of the determinants of fiscally healthy cities

In: Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance

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  • Bruce D. McDonald III
  • Michaela E. Abbott

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Significant attention has been paid within the public budgeting and finance literature on the determinants of fiscal health and fiscal stress from the context of understanding unhealthy cities. A key assumption of this work is that healthy and unhealthy cities are similar, but what drives a city to be fiscally healthy may be very different than what causes a city to be fiscally stressed. Using a data set of the 150 largest cities in the United States from 1990 to 2017, we explore the factors behind what leads a city to be healthy. The results show that positive fiscal health is directly connected to a city’s ability to reduce expenditures or increase revenue rather than their ability to reduce debt or manage their cash. We also found strong demographic and geographic drivers behind healthy cities.

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  • Bruce D. McDonald III & Michaela E. Abbott, 2023. "Understanding financial success: an exploration of the determinants of fiscally healthy cities," Chapters, in: Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance, chapter 12, pages 220-234, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20063_12
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