State & Local Finance

Main Street

The Avenue

Proximity doesn’t benefit just big cities—it’s helping rural communities weather the economic crisis too

Michael Powe and Hanna Love

Thursday, October 8, 2020

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Report

Regulatory spillover: Evidence from classifying municipal bonds as high-quality liquid assets

Monday, September 21, 2020

Bartender Nicole DeVito restocks the outdoor bar at Farmers Fishers Bakers, a restaurant on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, D.C., on May 29, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. After shifting metrics for reopening in recent weeks, today the District of Columbia began the first stage of economic reopening allowing restaurants and other business to operate in limited capacity despite the COVID-19 outbreak. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Business & Industry

New data shows small businesses in communities of color had unequal access to federal COVID-19 relief

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Thursday, September 17, 2020

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PlanetPolicy

Markets are flying blind on climate change

David G. Victor, Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and Parker Bolstad

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Reports

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Report

Flying blind: What do investors really know about climate change risks in the U.S. equity and municipal debt markets?

Parker Bolstad, Sadie Frank, Eric Gesick, and David G. Victor

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

medical marijuana

Report

Marijuana liberalization and public finance: A capital market perspective on a public health policy

Stephanie Cheng, Gus De Franco, and Pengkai Lin

Thursday, August 6, 2020

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Infrastructure

An infrastructure stimulus plan for the COVID-19 recession

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Lara Fishbane

July 29, 2020

Loan

Economic Development

An Indianapolis partnership to provide loans when traditional banks won’t

July 23, 2020

Cars go through the flood caused by heavy rains on Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura on May 24, 2020, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. (Photo by David Santiago/Miami Herald/TNS/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Report

Boosting local climate resilience and economic opportunity in the COVID-19 era

Monday, July 20, 2020

Blog Posts

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TechTank

Why philanthropies play an important role in welfare innovation

Gregory Ferenstein

Thursday, September 3, 2020

Wytheville, Va.

The Avenue

Two local leaders discuss how smarter federal policy can save rural America during COVID-19

Tracy Hadden Loh and Anthony F. Pipa

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

A woman with a face mask practices social distancing while waiting for food donations outside a food bank, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Gypsum, Colorado, U.S., April 13, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The Avenue

Across metro areas, COVID-19 relief loans are helping some places more than others

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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Events

9th annual Municipal Finance Conference

1:30 PM - Tuesday Jul 14, 2020 12:30 PM EDT

Brookings Institution

WEBINAR – Are state and local governments prepared for the next recession?

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST

8th annual Municipal Finance Conference

1:30 PM - Tuesday Jul 16, 2019 12:00 PM EDT

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Experts

David G. Victor

Co-Chair - Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate

Joseph Parilla

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

David Wessel

Director - The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies

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Multimedia

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Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: Cautious Optimism for State Budgets

Friday, January 20, 2012

Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: State Budget Crises Continue

Friday, April 15, 2011

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