NDLI: It's spending that matters. From robust control theory to practical heuristics.

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It's spending that matters. From robust control theory to practical heuristics.

Content Provider	OECD iLibrary
Author	Thompson, Fred
Abstract	The problems caused by state and local revenue volatility are inherently challenging. Oregon has an especially volatile revenue structure, which can cause all sorts of problems as the state moves through the business cycle. Nevertheless, we have concluded that these problems are caused less by revenue volatility per se than by adjusting spending up and down to match current revenue flows, from growing spending at unsustainable rates during booms and cutting back precipitously during busts. The mild recession of 2001-02 had a particularly severe aftermath in Oregon. This event shocked the state’s policy makers into addressing the revenue volatility issue, making sense of it, and taking steps that greatly mitigated the adverse effects of the "Great Recession". This article describes three things: the public-policy processes that produced this moderately happy outcome, my own voyage of discovery as I observed/participated in these processes, and a set of practical mechanisms states can use to stabilise spending. JEL classification: H11, H20, H70 Keywords: Oregon, Great Recession, cash flows, income taxes, revenue volatility
Page Count	14
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	14
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	OECD Publishing
Publisher Date	2015-10-12
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Finance and Investment Governance
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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