Includes bibliographical references ( pages 199-214) and index.
Contents:
Statehood and Leviathan -- New Mexico's rocky fiscal road to statehood -- Arizona's rocky fiscal road to statehood -- The statehood gamble -- The birth of Leviathan -- Accountability and statehood -- The talk: management's discussion and analysis -- Accountants at the service of the state: reforming property tax administration -- Funds, assets, liabilities, fiscal years, and report timing -- Interfund transfers, federal subsidies, revenues and expenditures, tax rates, and budgets -- The elements of accountability -- Conclusion: statehood and accountability, Leviathan and accountants.
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