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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"fiscal stress"”.
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Financing urban schools: predicting fiscal stress in large city school districts
… in the United States have suffered from fiscal stress, while others have not. Fiscal stress often has led to program cutbacks, layoffs, and decline in the quality of educational services. The purpose of this research study was to examine the predictors of fiscal stress in large urban …
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State departments of education and fiscal stress in local education agencies: A policy study
… two questions: (1) Do states have definitions of fiscal strain or trouble for public school districts that are experiencing fiscal stress? (2) What state policy mechanisms exist for dealing with public school districts that are experiencing fiscal stress?
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The White Oaks School District: A Challenge to Survive
… District survived within the context of the fiscal stress it endured between 1970 and 1995. Of particular interest is: How did the White Oaks School District survive the climate of fiscal crisis? Why did the school district do what it did? What factors contributed to and/or impeded the …
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The Political Economy of the Emerging U.S. Fiscal Crisis
… greatly exacerbated the nation's immediate fiscal stress, government policies have played a large role in the longer-term economic challenges. The buildup of financial insecurity for individuals and businesses since the 1970s, brought to painfully emphatic clarity by the 2008 financial …
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The impact of the eurasian economic union and china’s belt and road initiative on two regions (central asia and the caucasus)
… manage debt prudently. However, weak governance, fiscal stress, and technical incompatibilities often create frictions that limit benefits. The study concludes that successful synergy requires transparent financing, administrative interoperability, and strong domestic institutions to turn …
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Complementarity of Politics and Administration: An Empirical Examination
… and administration on local governments' fiscal performance. The study adopts Svara's <em>Politics-Administration Complementarity Model</em>, which explains the mutual interdependence and reciprocal influence of administrative relationships between the elected and appointed officials of …
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Supplement versus Supplant: A case study of the effect of internet lottery sales on traditional lottery sales
… a product that otherwise was growing to address fiscal stress. After internet sales were introduced, profits and in-person lottery sales at retail locations were higher than before internet sales. Total lottery sales grew in all states that permitted internet sales; however, not all states saw …
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The Effect of the Great Recession on Local Goverment Policy in Florida
… local governments respond to periods of extreme fiscal stress. The findings suggest that cities and counties had an inverse response from pre- to post-recession with cities shifting toward developmental expenditures and counties prioritizing allocational spending. Differences were also found …
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From Collaborative Creation to Implementation: The Evolution of a Contract for a Model Program to Finance Child Welfare
… of government, operate more efficiently, reduce fiscal stress, and employ market-like mechanisms. Government reform efforts are not new; universities, to include Virginia Tech, play a large role in reform activities. Also playing a prominent role in government reform efforts are contractual …
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Urban Core vs. Suburban Fringe: Asymmetrical Fiscal Effects of Tax and Expenditure Limitations in Metropolitan Areas
… TELs; Chapter 2 explores historical evolution of fiscal limits between 1800 and 2009; Chapter 3 examines substantive nature of TELs; and Chapter 4 reviews the extant research on TELs. The past research suggests that TELs are associated with increased centralization, diminished government …
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The Art Of Collaboration: Interlocal Collaboration In The Provision Of Fire Services In The Metropolitan Detroit Area
… study provides support for prior research that fiscal stress can be a significant motivation leading cities to collaborate. Supporting the work of Kingdon (2003), this study found the activities of policy entrepreneurs, both elected and administrative officials, to be important to this effort at …
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Assessment of Texas Public Utility Commission Knowledge Management System: An Organizational Perspective
… employees from the agency. Such layoffs due to fiscal stress are commonly followed by low organizational morale. It was also unexpected with such events occurring so close to administering of the survey that fifty percent (50%) plus in most cases still believed that PUC rewarded employees for …
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Three Essays in Law and Economics: Consequences and Formation of Legal Rules in Other Markets
… problems for inmates and staff but also in fiscal stress. Utilizing a unique institutional feature - that 192 county sheriffs are limited to no more than two terms in the position - the work employs an instrumental variable identification strategy to examine the impact of sheriff tenure on …
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Financing Policy for Higher Education and the role of the private sector in Libya
… reform financing higher education cannot relieve fiscal stress. Attention is drawn to the expansion in the number of private higher education institutions, the dramatic increase of enrolments in social science fields, and the many difficulties institutions had in coping with the circumstances in …