Municipal Finance Journal

Volume 19, Number 2 (Summer
Summer 1998
Editor: W. Bartley Hildreth

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Editor's Note

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Competitive Versus Negotiated Municipal Bond Sales:
Why Issuers Choose One Method Over the Other
William Simonsen and William P. Kittredge

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The Impact of Retail Wheeling on Municipal Electric Utilities:
The Case of Kansas The Evolution of Municipal Electric Utilities in Kansas
H. Edward Flentje

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Kansas Municipal Electric Utilities in Perspective
John D. Wong

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Modeling the Market for Kansas Municipal Electric Utility Electricity
John D. Wong

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Accounting Developments:
GASB Update
Catherine L. Staples

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Tax Law Developments:
Washington Update
Paul Streckfus

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