Abstract This report describes the fiscal policy process relating to the development of Alaska’s FY 2012–2013 budget …. Alaska entered FY 2013 with a substantial surplus and with hefty financial reserves. The report explains the origin of these … conditions, which distance Alaska from most of the other western states; it also provides information on the threats to Alaska …

, drawing on case studies from Norway, Sweden, Alaska, Canada, Finland, and Northwest Russia, with a notable focus on indigenous …