LOCAL AUTONOMY, BOND-RATING AGENCIES AND NEOLIBERAL URBANISM IN THE UNITED STATES

HACKWORTH, JASON

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, n.º 4/2002, pág. 707

1. Introduction. 2. Background on municipal debt and rating agencies. 3. The growing influence of bond-rating. 4. Local interaction with bond-rating agencies. 5. Rating agencies and local autonomy.