The Brandeis International Business School ’ s 2012 Municipal Finance Conference
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roads, schools, fire stations, hospitals, airports, and much more— all of these different types of infrastructure are financed through municipal capital markets. These markets are vital to american households, both as savers and as consumers of the services these markets enable. objective and informed research on the ways in which municipal markets operate can help inform the decisions of both policymakers and practitioners. High-quality academic research on municipal finance can
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