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| Scorsone, Eric; Plerhoples, Christina. |
| Municipal bonds have recently been of national interest and Michigan’s strained economy over the past decade has made bond issuance in the state of particular interest to a variety of stakeholders. Given the close connection between municipal bonds and property taxes, the fall-off in the housing market has placed significant strain on bonds within the state. This paper reviews the Michigan municipal bond condition and develops a new debt assessment indicator system. This system was tested using over 700 Michigan local governments. Based on this indicator system, a number of communities are experiencing significant fiscal stress. However, further examination reveals that at least some of these communities have in place short term plans to address such... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Municipal bonds; Public finance; Regional economics; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Public Economics; R5; R51. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103093 |
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| Siudek, Tomasz; Zawojska, Aldona. |
| The paper seeks to quantify the effects of macro development and fiscal indicators on the agricultural producer support in the OECD countries during the period 1986-2009. The study is complementary to the body of microeconomic research that highlights the importance of support to agriculture industry. Data were obtained from the OECD’s Producer and Consumer Support Estimates database and the World Bank’s Word Development Indicators 2010 database. Producer Support Estimate (expressed in absolute value, in percent of total farm receipts - %PSE and per 1 ha of agricultural land) was taken as the dependent variable, whereas selected indicators describing performance of the economies were the independent variables. Simple linear regression analysis was... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Producer support estimate; High-income countries; Macroeconomics; Public finance; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/116009 |
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| MacDonald, James M.; Kuchler, Fred; Buzby, Jean C.; Lee, Fitzroy; Aldrich, Lorna M.. |
| USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) finances about 13.5 percent of its budget outlays through user fees for overtime and unscheduled meat and poultry inspections. User fees play an increasingly important role in financing government programs, and FSIS has frequently requested expanded authority to charge user fees for more of its operations. Congress has consistently rejected the FSIS requests and has placed important restrictions on fees and the uses of fee revenue at those agencies that have been granted more extensive user fee authority. This report surveys the application of user-fees for financing meat and poultry inspection programs in other countries; reviews user-fee systems in other Federal agencies, particularly those with food and... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: User fees; Meat inspection; Public finance; Livestock Production/Industries; Public Economics. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33989 |
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