Büttner, Thiess; Wildasin, David E. - In: Journal of public economics 90 (2006) 6/7, pp. 1115-1132
U.S. municipalities over a quarter of a century. Distinguishing ownsource revenue, grants, expenditures, and debt … subsequent changes in grants. Decomposition of the sample according to average city population reveals that the basic pattern of … fiscal adjustment is robust, although intergovernmental grants play a much more pronounced role in maintaining budget balance …