Economic Growth and Tax and Expenditure Limitations

Amiel, Lindsay; Deller, Steven C.; Stallmann, Judith I.

doi:10.52324/001c.8099

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“…Research on their containment of spending is somewhat mixed (Kousser, McCubbins, & Moule, 2008; New, 2010), but recent evidence shows that the severity of the limitation may be important in its effectiveness (Kioko, 2011). I use a scale measure developed by Amiel, Deller, and Stallmann (2009) that captures the severity of different TELs based on their growth factors, exemptions, and other criteria. Stronger TEL Severity should contribute to more sound financial management.…”

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The Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Conditions

Cummins

2012

American Politics Research

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Advocates of term limits argued that term limits would help reduce out-ofcontrol government spending by removing veteran legislators who became acclimated to the prospending environment in our nation's capitals. However, previous research shows that term limits may increase spending, which could jeopardize state fiscal health. The primary purpose of this article is to examine whether states with term limits encounter more fiscal problems than non-term-limited states. I suggest that the short-term fiscal outlooks and loss of experienced legislators produced by term-limit turnover lead to poor fiscal conditions. Myopic legislators may avoid tough fiscal decisions, while inexperienced legislators may be ill-equipped to develop sound fiscal policy. Analysis of budget data on U.S. states from 1983 to 2008 reveals that legislative turnover decreases budget balances. Results further show that these effects do not appear in the upper chamber, perhaps because state senates have more experienced legislators than the lower chamber.

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The Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Conditions

Cummins

2012

American Politics Research

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“…In addition, since the passage of California’s Proposition 13 in the late 1970s, tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) on local governments have become ever more popular. Local TELs imposed by states increased from 29 states in 1969 to 46 states by 2000 (Amiel et al, 2009; Park et al, 2017). For these reasons, avoiding tax increases is an imperative in many of these counties.…”

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Asset Maintenance Practices and Challenges in U.S. Counties

Kim

Ebdon

2020

Public Works Management & Policy

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This study explores capital asset maintenance practices and challenges in U.S. counties, which have been understudied in previous public administration research. We also compare the current practices with those found in the 2001 Government Performance Project (GPP) analysis. Interviews with 20 officials in 12 counties revealed six themes. Four of these are concerned with maintenance challenges: the economic environment, politics, human resources, and information systems. The other two themes relate to efforts that have been made by these counties to enhance maintenance through cost management and additional funding. Overall, we found that asset maintenance in these counties was negatively affected by the Great Recession, and that there is still a substantial level of unfunded maintenance, which is only slightly better than what was reported in the GPP, despite a recent focus on improvements.

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“…Finally, existing empirical studies offer evidence of the role that various fiscal institutions, particularly their strictness, in state fiscal decisions. To capture the strictness of institutional variables relevant to pension finances in the American states, we use the state TEL stringency values calculated by Amiel et al (2009). We expect a negative association between the strictness of state TELs and public pension funding outcomes.…”

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Public Corruption and Pension Underfunding in the American States

Liu¹,

Mikesell

Moldogaziev

2021

The American Review of Public Administration

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Unfunded public pension obligations represent a great challenge for policy makers in the American states. We posit that a part of pension underfunding relates to the level of public corruption. Empirical findings in the article show that funding ratios in public pension funds are inversely related to the incidence levels of corruption in the state, with other fiscal, political, and institutional covariates held constant. We show that this can happen through higher pension benefits, lower actuarially required contributions (ARCs), lower percentage of actual ARC contributions, and poorer investment outcomes. Based on empirical estimates, we find that a reduction of corruption by one standard deviation around the mean would permit the states to save on pension benefits by 10.24% annually (or US$1,894.64 per recipient), increase required ARC by 4.40%, increase actual ARC contributions by 8.46%, and improve investment returns by 4.72%. Therefore, policies to reduce public-sector corruption, or to improve the insulation of pension funds in relatively more corrupt environments, can make a significant contribution toward tackling the public pension underfunding crisis in the American states.

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Economic Growth and Tax and Expenditure Limitations

Cited by 22 publications

References 60 publications

The Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Conditions

The Effects of Legislative Term Limits on State Fiscal Conditions

Asset Maintenance Practices and Challenges in U.S. Counties

Public Corruption and Pension Underfunding in the American States

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