1st Edition

Handbook of Debt Management

Edited By Gerald J. Miller Copyright 1996

    Examining various methods of debt management used in the US., Handbook of Debt Management, provides a comprehensive analysis of securities offered for sale by municipalities, states, and the federal government. The book covers laws regarding municipal bonds, the economic choice between debt and taxes and the tax-exempt status of municipal bond owners, capital budgeting, including state and local government practices, developing governmental and intergovernmental debt policies, pay-as-you-go with debt financing for capital projects, US Internal Revenue Service regulations on arbitrage in state and local government debt proceeds investment, US treasury auctions, and more.

    STATE AND LOCAL DEBT MANAGEMENT
    South Carolina V. Baker
    Preserving the Federal-State-Local Partnership: The Role of Tax-Exempt Financing, Anthony Commission on Public Finance
    Municipal Debt Finance: Implications of Tax Exempt Municipal Bonds, Peter Fortune
    The Role of Federal Taxation in the Supply of Municipal Bonds: Evidence from Municipal Governments, Gilbert E. Metcalf
    Do Tax-Exempt Bonds Really Subsidize Municipal Capital?, Roger H. Gordon and Gilbert E. Metcalf
    Nothing is Certain but Debt and Taxes: The Conditional Irrelevance of Municipal Capital Structure, G. Marc Choate and Fred Thompson
    Public Authorities and Government Debt: Practices and Issues, Jerry Mitchell

    BUDGETING FOR CAPITAL ASSETS
    Risk Assessment in Government Capital Budgeting, Gerald J. Miller
    Capital Investment Strategy, Gerald J. Miller
    Strategic Planning and Capital Budgeting: A Primer, Arie Halachmi and Jerry A. Gianakis
    State Capital Budgeting: The Case of New Jersey Under Thomas Kean, William H. Eldridge

    FORMULATING DEBT POLICY
    State and Local Debt Policy and Management, James R. Ramsey and Merl Hackbart
    Developing Formal Debt Policies, Richard Larkin and James Joseph
    Understanding and Forecasting Condition or Ability to Repay Debt: Report of the Capital Debt Affordability Committee on Recommended Debt Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1993, Capital Debt Affordability Committee, State of Maryland
    City Debt Policy: Policy Options Analysis for Debt Service, Capital Program, and Bond Schedule, City of Dallas Department of Budget and Management Services
    Intergovernmental Cooperation Produces a Comprehensive Debt Management Program in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Gary Norstem, Greg Blees, and Eugene Schiller

    NEW ISSUE FINANCING
    The Pay-As-You-Go Concept in Municipal Financing, Bernard Smith
    State Practices for Financing Capital Projects, Unites States General Accounting Office
    Stability and Turnover in Self-Serving Debt Networks, Gerald J. Miller
    Choosing an Underwriter for a Negotiated Bond Sale, Tom McLoughlin

    ISSUE STRUCTURE
    Municipal Bond Issue Structuring, Amy V. Puelz

    DISCLOSURE
    The Objectives of Municipal Disclosure: Epitomizing the Issuer's Credit Quality, Thomas A. Dorsey
    Municipal Securities Disclosure: Amendments to U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12, United States Securities and Exchange Commission

    RATING DEBT
    Municipal Bond Ratings and Municipal Debt Management, Anthony L. Loviscek and Frederick D. Crowley
    Formal Regulatory Handle Needed for NRSRO Designation: Part I, Richard Y. Roberts
    Formal Regulatory Handle Needed for NRSRO Designation: Part II, Richard Y. Roberts
    Information Needed for Rating Municipal Bonds and Notes
    The Role of Economic Factors in Moody's Credit Analysis, Edward Krauss and Alfred Medioli
    The Role of Finical Factors in Moody's Credit Analysis, Paul Devine and Robert W. Stanley
    The Role of Administrative Factors in Moody's Credit Analysis, Michael Johnston
    The Role of Debt Position and Debt Management in Moody's Credit Analysis, Steven Bocamazo
    The Role of Legal Factors in Moody's Credit Analysis, James H. Burr and Katherine McManus

    MARKETING, SALES, AND UNDERWRITING
    Bid Evaluation for Competitive Bond Sales: NIC vs. TIC, Tom McLoughlin
    The Valuation of Municipal Bond Bids: Four Solutions, Harold Bierman, Jr.
    Applying the Bierman Technique: Municipal Bond Bid Valuation, Robert W. Zinn
    Understanding the Underwriting Spread, California Debt Advisory Commission

    MANAGING ACCUMULATED DEBT
    Tax-Exempt and U. S. Department of Treasury, Michele M. Patrick and George J. Whelan
    The Anatomy of a Municipal Bond Default, W. Bartley Hildreth National Debt Management

    WHERE NATIONAL DEBT COMES FROM
    Current and Capital Budgets, A. Premchand
    Capital Budgeting for the Federal Government: Managing the Deficit by Redefinition, John L. Mikesell
    Federal Deficits and Financing the National Debt, Marcia Lynn Whicker
    The Debt Burden: What You Don't See, John B. Carlson

    PRINCIPLES OF DEBT MANAGEMENT
    Government Debt Management, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
    An Essay on Principles of Debt Management, James Tobin
    Principles of Debt Management, Earl R. Rolph
    How to Manage the National Debt: A Symposium, Seymour E. Harris
    Notes on Managing the Public Debt, Lawrence H. Seltzer
    Government Debt and Private Investment Policy, Charles C. Abbot
    Debt Management and Inflation, Richard A. Musgrave
    Comments on the Symposium, Alvin H. Hansen
    Managing the Public Debt, D. Keith Sill
    Indexed Bonds as an Aid to Economic Policy, Robert L. Hetzel

    DEBT SALES IN THE UNITED STATES
    Treasury Auction Issues, United States Department of the Treasury, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System How the U. S. Treasury Should Auction Its Debt, V. V. Chari and Robert J. Weber
    An Analysis of Potential Treasury Auction Techniques, Vincent R. Reinhart
    Auctioning Treasury Securities, E. J. Stevens and Diana Dumitru

    IS DEBT EVER REPAID?
    Can the Government Roll Over Its Debt Forever?, Andrew B. Abel

    Appendices
    Appendix I: Study Outline: Municipal Securities Representative Qualification Examination, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
    Appendix II: Study Outline: Municipal Securities Principal Qualification Examination, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
    Appendix III: Glossary of Municipal Securities Terms, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board

    Biography

    Gerald J. Miller