Municipal Fiscal Stress, Bankruptcies, and Other Financial Emergencies - Paperback

by Tatyana Guzman (Author), Natalia Ermasova (Author)

This book explores fiscal health and fiscal hardships, municipal defaults and bankruptcies, and many other aspects to help guide local governments during fiscal distress.

Author Biography

Tatyana Guzman is Associate Professor in public finance and policy analysis at Cleveland State University. Dr. Guzman received her PhD in public affairs from O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and also holds an MA degree in economics. Dr. Guzman's primary research interests are in various aspects of the public finance field, including taxation, budgeting, and municipal bond markets. She has published over 20 journal articles and book chapters. Her research has appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as Public Budgeting and Finance (PBF), Policy Studies Journal (PSJ), American Review of Public Administration (ARPA), Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis (JBCA), Tax Notes, and other outlets. Tatyana has 15 years of teaching experience at Cleveland State University, Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), and Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI), where she has taught undergraduate and graduate public finance and budgeting, research methods, economics, and statistics courses.

Natalia Ermasova is a Professor at Governors State University, Illinois, USA. She has a PhD in public affairs (SPEA, Indiana University, USA). Her primary research interests are capital budgeting, business ethics, public finance, leadership, risk-management, innovation management, and public education funding. She was Visiting Professor in Germany (Ludwigsburg Academy for Civil Services), Corvinus University (Hungary) and Fulbright Visiting Professor (SPEA, IU). Dr. Natalia Ermasova is a board member of the International Journal of Public Administration (IJPA) and Co-Editor of Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. More than 60 of her articles, books, and chapters were published in the USA, UK, and Australia. She is the author of six textbooks about budgeting systems, financial management, and risk-management. Her articles have been published in journals including Public Finance and Management, State and Local Government Review, the International Journal of Public Administration, and the Journal of Management Development.