Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline a new approach to risk management that will create an innovative marketplace mechanism to deal with risk. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses current risk management practice and proposes a novel new approach to risk management...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline a new approach to risk management that will create an innovative marketplace mechanism to deal with risk. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses current risk management practice and proposes a novel new approach to risk management...

America’s local governments spend about one-eighth of our national income, one-fourth of total government spending, and employ over 14 million people. This paper surveys the large and growing economics literature on local governments and their finances. A primary difference between local and...