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100			_aAfonso, Whitney B.
245			_aCoping with the great recession: theory and practice for county governments
260			_c2013
300			_ap.768-779.
520			_aThis article explores "best" and actual practices of county governments coping with fiscal stress. Using survey results from county commissioners in California and Georgia, it is possible to assess the recession's impact and identify strategies that have been used to deal with revenue shortfalls and how different taxes may have changed these tactics. It becomes clear that reducing expenditures is more commonplace than increasing taxes, and almost no counties are able to "do nothing" as the academic literature prescribes (Marlowe, 2009). Overall, the counties that are most successful at coping with the recession began to take action before they felt the recession's impact and subsequently are able to maintain service levels without dramatic changes to the way they budget. - Reproduced.
650			_aEconomic recession
650			_aLocal government
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
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909			_a103452
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