Municipal Finance Journal

Volume 21, Number 4 (Winter
Winter 2000
Editor: W. Bartley Hildreth

Editor's Note
National Federation of Municipal Analysts 2000 Annual Conference
William Bartley Hildreth

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NFMA Panel Discussion:
Economic Update
Mark P .Vitner, William A. Testa

1-10

NFMA Municipal Industry Roundtable Discussion
Alan D. Polsky, William L. Nelson,J .Ben Watkins, III, Dina W. Kennedy, Robert A. Estrada, Steve H. Larson

11-34

NFMA Panel Discussion:
Competition in Financing K-12 Education
Gregory Clark, John Hallacy

35-41

NFMA Panel Discussion:
Disclosure Case Study
Ann-Ellen Hornidge, Paul S. Maco, Jeffrey M. Wilson, Maureen G. Newman

42-68

Improving Governmental Financial Reporting
Tom L. Allen

69-75

NFMA Panel Discussion:
Current and Future Credit Issues in Public Finance
Jeffrey M. Baker, Richard A. Ciccarone, David T. Litvack, M. Douglas Watson

76-101

NFMA Panel Discussion:
Credit Quality: Evolution or Erosion?
Michael P. Buckley, William J. Hogan, Andrea R. Bozzo, John Miller

102-120

Accounting Developments:
GASB Update
Catherine L. Staples

121-122

Tax Law Developments:
Washington Update: Rebate in the New Millennium
Linda B. Schakel

123-127