A Municipal Fiscal Impact Model: Real-World Policy Modeling

摘要

This paper presents a summary of work that was done by the civic governments ofCalgary and Edmonton that addressed the question of suburban development,infrastructure growth and rehabilitation and their financing given limited funding.In the 1980's and 1990s, Canadian federal and provincial governments became concernedabout the state of their respective finances. They responded by introducing a combinationof expenditure reductions, tax increases and higher user fees. Consequently, transferpayments to municipalities were reduced.These measures had a profound impact on the economies of the urban regions affectingthe rate of renewal and obsolescence in business, residential and public infrastructures.In this context, the Cities have had to decide how to allocate their limited financialresources between competing needs of further suburban development and growth