This study aims to identify public financial indicators involved in the investment projects of GCC countries. The data was collected from the IMF and the MEED from 2011-2017. The study measured the impact of public finance based on eight variables and two proxies (national and trade accounts) on...

We examine the impact of population aging on municipal access to credit. A one standard deviation increase in a state's population age leads to a 23 basis point increase in municipal bond issue spread. Three mechanisms drive this effect: income tax revenue, healthcare liabilities, and pension...

The Australian public sector experiences significant turmoil in performance information disclosures as it adopts New Public Financial Management oriented changes. While these changes aim to promote greater accountability, we raise concerns about the effectiveness of current disclosures,...

This chapter, “The Bottom-Up Recovery: A New Deal in Banking and Public Finance,” published in 2014 in an edited volume by Oxford University Press entitled, When Government Helped: Learning from the Successes and Failures of the New Deal, analyzes the federal government's responses to...

The staggered passage of state medical marijuana laws increases state bonds' offering and trading spreads by 7-11 basis points. Consistent with medical marijuana laws causing an increase in states' credit risk, states incur higher safety and public welfare expenditures and experience greater...