Covid-19 is an unfolding health and financial crisis for US local governments

McDonald, III, Bruce D. and Larson, Sarah E. (2020) Covid-19 is an unfolding health and financial crisis for US local governments. USApp-American Politics and Policy Blog (15 Apr 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

With disputes between the US federal and state governments as to how best to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic ongoing, many local governments have had to respond to the crisis on their own. Bruce D. McDonald, III and Sarah E. Larson write that for many of these local governments, Covid-19 is a double crisis. Not only is it a public health emergency, it is also a financial crisis as sales tax revenues plummet because of stay at home policies at the same time as health expenditures are on the rise.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited:	21 May 2020 23:28
Last Modified:	16 May 2024 09:37
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/104530

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