Research

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Acute Shocks & Chronic Structural Distress: Paths Toward Municipal Bankruptcy

Davina Kaldani | March 10, 2016 |  In Brief:  In recent years, the frequency of municipalities filing for bankruptcy has increased. In this article, we identified two types of pa...

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Public Employee Retirement Benefits: What Happens When Municipalities Go Bankrupt?

Kimberly Ang | March 10, 2016 | In Brief:  When municipalities go bankrupt, subsequent debt negotiations with creditors may place public employee pension and non-pension retireme...

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GovRank.org’s Methodology

Introduction: What Is This Project? In recent years, a great deal of energy has been directed tow...

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Budget Balance: County Rankings

April 5, 2016 |In Brief:  One indicator of a fiscally sustainable government is that it m...

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Budget Balance: State Rankings

March 29, 2016 | In Brief:  One indicator of a fiscally sustainable governmen...

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Asset Flexibility: State Rankings

March 29, 2016 | In Brief:  One indicator of a fiscally sustainable government is...

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Acknowledgements

A dedicated team participated in the creation of GovRank.org, working on activities ranging from dat...

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Pension Funding: State Rankings

April 5, 2016 | In Brief:  One indicator of a fiscally sustainable government is t...

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Pension Funding: City Rankings

April 5, 2016 | In Brief:  One indicator of a fiscally sustainable government is t...

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Budget Balance: City Rankings

April 5, 2016 | In Brief:  One indicator of a fiscally sustainable government ...

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