Municipal bonds are bonds issued by local and state governments to raise funds for public works with interest payment(s) that are generally exempt from federal taxes, and often from state and local taxes as well

This paper uses data from 1988 federal income tax returns, which asked taxpayers to report their tax-exempt interest income as an information item, to analyze the distribution of tax-exempt asset holdings. More than three quarters of the tax-exempt debt held by households was held by those with...

This paper uses data from 1988 federal income tax returns, which asked taxpayers to report their tax-exempt interest income as an information item, to analyze the distribution of tax-exempt asset holdings. More than three quarters of the tax-exempt debt held by households was held by those with...

Policies on financially distressed municipalities differ across U.S. states, with some allowing unconditional access to Chapter 9 bankruptcy (“Chapter 9 states”) and others having proactive policies to assist distressed municipalities (“Proactive states”). These differences significantly...