The Financial Crisis in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the Harrisburg, PA fiscal crisis and subsequent bankruptcy filing. While the “money burning” incinerator in Harrisburg was a major contributing factor to its overall financial crisis, there were other contributing factors. These include a mixture of political expediency, financial chicanery and malfeasance by public officials, demographic changes, economic decline of the city and the national economic environment during the Great Recession. The paper concludes by focusing on the lessons to be learned from the mistakes made by city officials and offers policy recommendations for other state and local governments to avoid future fiscal crises of this magnitude.

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Work Title The Financial Crisis in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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  1. Jane Beckett-Camarata
  2. Cleopatra Grizzle
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Work Type Article
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  1. Public Finance and Management
Publication Date 2014
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1177/152397211401400102
Deposited April 25, 2024

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    • International Journal of Public Finance and Management
    • Public Finance and Management
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    • https://doi.org/10.1177/152397211401400102
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    • 2014-03-01
    • 2014
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