Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Government
Government employment: Job insecurity
Despite the imprimatur of job security, the ax has (belatedly) fallen on public sector employment, especially at the local level
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2013 - fedgazette
Local governments go to the barbershop
Tight budgets mean many local services are getting a haircut, and some more than others
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2013 - fedgazette
Please do this. Good luck
Unfunded mandates and revenue handcuffs
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2013 - fedgazette
Human service organizations "tread water" in face of funding uncertainty
Unpredictability over public funding levels is hampering many nonprofit organizations' efforts to improve or expand services.
Jacob Wascalus
January 2013 - Community Dividend
CDFI News
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Regulators extend independent foreclosure review deadline to December 31, 2012
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Call for papers: The eighth biennial Federal Reserve community development research conference
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Fed releases report on economic development in Indian Country
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Exploring Innovations essay contest winner: Restructuring the New Markets Tax Credit Program: Three proposed changes for increasing efficiency
A Ninth District student's winning entry in the 2011 Exploring Innovations conference essay contest, which asked, "Is the New Markets Tax Credit Program the most effective way to subsidize the creatio
Guncha Jumakuliyeva
April 2012 - Community Dividend
Energizing Native economies: Tribes build corporate governance to spur investment and development
Some American Indian tribes are overhauling their corporate governance structures in order to facilitate energy projects and other economic development on tribal lands.
Paula Woessner
January 2012 - Community Dividend
Leech Lake Band and State of Minnesota sign lien-filing agreement
January 2012 - Community Dividend
OPEBs: What lies beneath the balance sheet
Rising costs for retiree health care and other post-employment benefits lurk for many state and local governments
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2011 - fedgazette
Some interesting OPEB patterns
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2011 - fedgazette
Where OPEBs come from
Ronald A. Wirtz
April 2011 - fedgazette
Playing catch-up, badly
Investment returns are the X factor for pensions
Ronald A. Wirtz
January 2011 - fedgazette
