Economic Development State of the Heartland: Factbook 2018 Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, Robert Maxim, and Ross DeVol October 2018
State & Local Finance The “privatization” of municipal debt Ivan T. Ivanov and Tom Zimmermann Wednesday, September 26, 2018
State & Local Finance Financing dies in darkness? The impact of newspaper closures on public finance Pengjie Gao, Chang Joo Lee, and Dermot Murphy Monday, September 24, 2018
The Avenue Landing Amazon HQ2 isn’t the right way for a city to create jobs. Here’s what works instead Amy Liu Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Taxation The early results of states’ Opportunity Zones are promising, but there’s still room for improvement Adam Looney Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Economic Development Examining the local value of economic development incentives Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu March, 2018
Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security Risky choices: Simulating public pension funding stress with realistic shocks James Farrell and Daniel Shoag Thursday, November 30, 2017
Monetary Policy The cost burden of negotiated sales restrictions: A natural experiment using heterogeneous state laws Darío Cestau, Richard C. Green, Burton Hollifield, and Norman Schürhoff Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security Public employee pensions and collective bargaining rights Brigham R. Frandsen and Michael Webb Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Up Front Tax exemption offsets lack of competition in municipal bond markets Sage Belz and Louise Sheiner Monday, July 23, 2018
Up Front How state tax cuts in Kansas raised municipalities’ borrowing costs Michael Ng and David Wessel Monday, July 16, 2018
Up Front Present consequences of unfunded pension liabilities and ways forward Jeffrey Cheng and David Wessel Monday, July 16, 2018
2018 Jul 16 Past Event 7th annual Municipal Finance Conference 1:15 PM - Tuesday Jul 17, 2018 12:45 PM EDT Washington, DC
2018 Feb 13 Past Event WEBINAR – Assessing and managing the risks posed by climate change to state and local governments 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
2017 Jul 17 Past Event 6th annual Municipal Finance Conference 1:00 PM - Tuesday Jul 18, 2017 12:30 PM EDT Washington, DC
Play Audio State & Local Finance @ Brookings Podcast: Cautious Optimism for State Budgets Friday, January 20, 2012
@ Play Audio Federal Fiscal Policy @ Brookings Podcast: State Budget Crises Continue Friday, April 15, 2011
Why didn’t investors demand higher yields for buying Puerto Rican government bonds? Joseph Figueroa and David Wessel Monday, July 16, 2018
How closures of local newspapers increase local government borrowing costs Vivien Lee and David Wessel Monday, July 16, 2018
Municipalities could benefit from issuing more green bonds Finn Schuele and David Wessel Monday, July 16, 2018
Will Opportunity Zones help distressed residents or be a tax cut for gentrification? Adam Looney Monday, February 26, 2018
New tax law means fighting over unfunded state pension plans is about to get worse Robert C. Pozen Thursday, January 11, 2018
