Research and Commentary

What the Stockton Municipal Bankruptcy Means, And Doesn't

April 2, 2013, Tracy Gordon

The Downside of States as Laboratories for Tax Reform

February 5, 2013, Tracy Gordon

State and Local Budgets and the Great Recession

December 2012, Tracy Gordon

Out of the Hole and Over the Cliff? State and Local Budgets in 2012 and Beyond

December 21, 2012, Tracy Gordon

State and Federal Disaster Relief: Expect the Best But Prepare for the Worst?

October 30, 2012, Tracy Gordon

Pension Legacy Costs and Local Government Finances

October 2012, Richard F. Dye and Tracy Gordon

Is the Budget Coast Clear for State and Local Governments?

August 14, 2012, Tracy Gordon

Tax Reform, Up Close and Personal

August 10, 2012, Tracy Gordon

The State of Local Government Pensions: A Preliminary Inquiry

July 2012, Tracy Gordon, Heather M. Rose and Ilana Fischer

States and Medicaid: Health Policy Jenga

July 11, 2012, Tracy Gordon

States and the Affordable Care Act: An Offer They (Still) Can’t Refuse

July 2, 2012, Tracy Gordon

North Dakotans Give Heave Ho to Property Tax Ban

June 13, 2012, Tracy Gordon

North Dakota Property Tax: Mend It, Don’t End It

June 12, 2012, Tracy Gordon

This Week in Economic Numbers: State and Local Edition

May 29, 2012, Tracy Gordon

California’s Budget Crisis: Part XII

May 17, 2012, Tracy Gordon

Are Pensions Busting Local Government Budgets?

March 13, 2012, Tracy Gordon

What States Can, and Can’t, Teach the Federal Government about Budgets

March 2012, Tracy Gordon

A New Federalism for a New Century

February 16, 2012, Tracy Gordon

@ Brookings Podcast: Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

January 20, 2012, Tracy Gordon

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State and Local Budgets in 2011: The Crisis that Didn’t Happen (Yet?)

December 15, 2011, Tracy Gordon

State Budgets in Recession and Recovery

October 27, 2011, Tracy Gordon

Michael Lewis on State and Local Budget Crises: So Wrong He’s Right?

October 21, 2011, Tracy Gordon

Ballot Initiatives in California Aren’t as Bad as You Think

October 4, 2011, Tracy Gordon

The Recent Municipal Bond Rollercoaster and What It Means for Cities

September 19, 2011, Tracy Gordon

Around the Halls: Forging a Compromise on the Debt Limit

July 22, 2011, Bill Frenzel, William G. Gale, William A. Galston, Tracy Gordon, Ron Haskins, Kavita Patel, Robert C. Pozen and Jonathan Rauch