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Wild Numbers : Getting Better Fiscal Accountability in Canada’s Municipalities

Robson, William B. P.; Omran, Farah - 2019

Canada’s municipalities deliver services that are critical to quality of life, and require major commitments of … looks at the annual spending projections in the budgets of 31 of Canada’s largest municipalities since 2009, and the results … budget projections. Over the past nine years this study looks at – from 2009, when Canada’s cities began reporting their …

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Show Us the Numbers : Grading the Financial Reports of Canada’s Municipalities

Robson, William B. P. - 2018

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Fuzzy Finances : Grading the Financial Reports of Canada's Municipalities

Dachis, Benjamin - 2017

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Impulse Spending : Canada's 2011 Fiscal Accountability Rankings

Busby, Colin - 2012

Canada, where these pressures and concerns are less acute, federal and provincial fiscal controls could be better. Some …

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A Primer on the Government of Alberta's Budget

Kneebone, Ronald D. - 2013

Provincial budgets may normally make for dry reading, but in Alberta's case, there is plenty of suspense lurking inside the pages — and that's not necessarily a good thing. Your average family may know certain things about balancing a budget: keeping spending roughly in line with income; not...

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Baffling Budgets : Canada's Cities Need Better Financing Reporting

Dachis, Benjamin - 2014

In nearly all Canada's ma ... …

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The Influence of National Culture on Government Budgeting Practices : An International Analysis

Qi, Yanxia - 2011

Differences in cultural philosophy at the national level have been theorized to affect business practices, legal systems, social behavior norms, educational achievements, and even the rate of economic growth. We extend this literature to examine the effect of national culture on government...

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From A to F : Grading the Fiscal Transparency of Canada’s Cities, 2019

Robson, William B. P. - 2019

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The Intertemporal Spending Behavior of Local Governments : A Comparative Analysis of the Scandinavian Countries.

Borge, L.E.; Dahleberg, M.; Tovmo, P. - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2001

The paper investigates the intertemporal spending behavior of Scandinavian local governments with particular attention to liquidity constraints imposed by balanced-budget-rules and other regulations. The main finding is that Danish local governments are more able to smooth current expenditures...

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Incorporating NY Land Banks into the Delinquent Property Tax Enforcement Processes

Woods, J Justin - 2015

This article argues that New York municipalities should integrate land banks into the tax enforcement process to break the unhealthy cycle perpetuated by real estate and lien speculators. By transferring all tax liens and foreclosed properties to local land banks, municipalities can generate an...

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