Local Finance

Local Finance is the branch of public finance concerned with the mechanisms through which local government units generate revenues, manage fiscal resources, and finance public services within their jurisdictions.

836

Publications

36.1K

Citations

1.6K

Authors

740

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

262

Parents

Public Finance

Children

Fiscal DecentralizationFiscal EqualizationIntergovernmental Fiscal TransfersLocal Government AccountingLocal Pension FinanceLocal Public InvestmentLocal Tax AdministrationMunicipal Bond FinanceMunicipal BudgetingSales Taxation

Publications

836

Finance as a Barrier to Entry: Bank Competition and Industry Structure in Local U.S. Markets

Nicola Cetorelli, Philip E. Strahan · The Journal of Finance · 2006 · 943 citations

Business, Business Economics, Finance +15

Group lending, local information and peer selection

Maitreesh Ghatak · Journal of Development Economics · 1999 · 702 citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Local Finance +6

Flow and stock effects of large-scale treasury purchases: Evidence on the importance of local supply

Stefania D’Amico, Thomas B. King · Journal of Financial Economics · 2012 · 668 citations

Social Sciences, Business Economics, Economics +10

The financing of local government in China: Stimulus loan wanes and shadow banking waxes

Zhuo Chen, Zhiguo He, Chun Liu · Journal of Financial Economics · 2020 · 654 citations

Public Affairs, Finance, Public Finance +17

Local institutional investors, information asymmetries, and equity returns☆

Bok Baik, Jun‐Koo Kang, Jinmo Kim · Journal of Financial Economics · 2010 · 447 citations

Business, Business Economics, Economics +15

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Authors

1.6K

BD
Brian Dollery
University of New England, Australia
9 publications · 246 citations
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IT
Irwan Taufiq Ritonga
Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
5 publications · 143 citations
5
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KP
Kenneth P. Brevoort
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, United States
4 publications · 85 citations
4
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OF
Odd‐Helge Fjeldstad
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway
4 publications · 183 citations
4
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RK
Rajalaxmi Kamath
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India
4 publications · 62 citations
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Institutions

740

1–8 of 740

Venues

SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 55 publications · 2.2K citations
27
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Public Budgeting &amp Finance
21 publications · 854 citations
16
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RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Repository · 12 publications · 574 citations
11
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Journal of Banking & Finance
11 publications · 874 citations
11
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Local Government Studies
12 publications · 496 citations
10
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See also Local Finance
Revenue Sources	Property Tax User Fees Local Sales Taxes Intergovernmental Transfers Municipal Bond Finance Local Revenue Generation
Expenditure Management	Capital Expenditure Expenditure Control Operating Expenditure History Capital Improvements Programming Financial Control
Intergovernmental Transfers	Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Fiscal Equalization Outcome-based Grants Title I Funding Formula Revenue Sharing
Fiscal Decentralization	Fiscal Decentralization Budget Autonomy Decentralized Public Expenditure Allocative Efficiency Expenditure Assignment Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Local Borrowing Rules Outcome-based Grants International Revenue Diversification
Debt Financing	Municipal Bond Finance Debt-to-gdp Ratio Analysis Issuance Limits Securitization Of Intangible Assets Debt Service-to-revenue Ratio Municipal Debt Allocation