Roy Bahl is Regents Professor and founding dean of the Andrew Young School, Georgia State University. He has consulted on fiscal matters with governments in developing and transitioning economies all over the world, as well as with the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the US Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. His books include Tax Policy and Economic Development and Making the Property Tax Work: Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries. William Duncombe is professor of public administration and senior research associate for the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University. His work has appeared in many professional journals, including National Tax Journal, International Tax and Public Finance, and Public Budgeting & Finance.

• Introduction; 1: New York’s Economy in the 1980s; 1: Population; 2: Employment; 3: Personal Income; 2: New York’s Fiscal Performance and Health; 4: The Public Sector in New York in the 1980s; 5: Explaining Government Growth in New York; 6: Fiscal Health and Responsiveness; 3: New York’s Finances in the 1990s; 7: Violence in the Home; 8: Conclusions

Roy Bahl is Regents Professor and founding dean of the Andrew Young School, Georgia State University. He has consulted on fiscal matters with governments in developing and transitioning economies all over the world, as well as with the International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the US Agency for International Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. His books include Tax Policy and Economic Development and Making the Property Tax Work: Experiences in Developing and Transitional Countries. William Duncombe is professor of public administration and senior research associate for the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University. His work has appeared in many professional journals, including National Tax Journal, International Tax and Public Finance, and Public Budgeting & Finance.

• Introduction; 1: New York’s Economy in the 1980s; 1: Population; 2: Employment; 3: Personal Income; 2: New York’s Fiscal Performance and Health; 4: The Public Sector in New York in the 1980s; 5: Explaining Government Growth in New York; 6: Fiscal Health and Responsiveness; 3: New York’s Finances in the 1990s; 7: Violence in the Home; 8: Conclusions