Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to juxtapose chaos theory with organizational learning theory to examine whether public organizations co-evolve into a new order or rather institutionalize newly gained knowledge in times of a highly complex public health crisis....

According to the flypaper effect hypothesis, higher levels of intergovernmental grants to local governments lead to higher levels of expenditures at the local level (Oates 1999; Deller and Maher 2005; Heyndels 2001; Turnbull 1998; Stine 1994; Bailey and Connolly 1998; Hines and Thaler 1995). The picture is a bit...

A diversified revenue structure tends stabilize revenue levels by balancing income elastic and inelastic revenue sources. The impact of such diversity has been the subject of much research on expenditure and service levels among state and local governments. Less research has focused on the...

A central puzzle in the public finance literature on fiscal stress is the anecdotal observation that national-level economic booms and busts impact local governments differently. Existing research suggests that this phenomenon is variously attributable to different local economic conditions or...