Municipal Finance Journal

Volume 32, Number 1 (Spring
Spring 2011
Editor: W. Bartley Hildreth

Special Issue Guest Editor’s Note
Lawrence J. Miller

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The Great Recession’s Impact on Six Big City Budgets in the United States (Introduction to the Special Issue)
Lawrence J Miller

1-10

The Great Recession’s Impact on the City of Atlanta’s Budget
Cynthia S. Searcy and Katherine G. Willoughby

11-32

The Great Recession’s Impact on the City of Chicago’s Budget
Rebecca Hendrick, Martin Luby, and Jill Mason Terzakis

33-69

The Great Recession’s Impact on the City of Dallas’s Budget
Skip Krueger and Vaida Maleckaite

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The Great Recession’s Impact on New York City’s Budget
Lawrence J Miller and Daniel L. Smith

89-113

The Great Recession’s Impact on the City of Phoenix’s Budget
Jeffrey Chapman, Joanna Iacovelli and Lee Stanford Farr

115-142

The Great Recession’s Impact on the City of Seattle’s Budget
Stephanie Leiser and Justin Marlowe.

143-161