infrastructure deficit in the U.S. is well-known. State and local governments are struggling to finance the needed expansion …, policy, and public finance. Can Chen is an Associate Professor in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State … University. His main research interest is state and local infrastructure finance and policy. He serves as the chair for the …

and Changing Face of Urban Public Finance -- Chapter 5: Undermining Conventional User Charges -- Chapter 6: Grants in Aid … and Bailouts in Municipal Finance -- Chapter 7: Off Budget Activities and Autonomous Specific Purpose Boards -- Chapter 8 …This book examines the emerging trends in vanishing borders of urban local government finance due to uncertain local …