Transparency as a Determinant of Local Financial Condition

2016 ◽  
pp. 202-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros ◽  
Noemi Mordán ◽  
José Valeriano Frías-Aceituno
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Financial Condition

This study is an attempt to understand the importance of the broadcasting of information about the financial health of local governments. For this, a sample comprising the 110 most important Spanish cities has been used, for the period 2008–2010. Results show that transparency about local governments' actions improves their financial condition. If citizens know this information, the uncertainty over how the resources are used by leaders decreases, encouraging them to carry out efficient governance.

Budgetary solvency of Italian local governments: an assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Bisogno ◽  
Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros ◽  
Serena Santis ◽  
Francesca Citro
Keyword(s):  
Financial Management ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Autonomy ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Public Financial Management ◽  
External Sources ◽  
Fresh Insight

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate budgetary solvency (BS) as a part of the financial condition of local governments (LGs), considering that the growing demand for public services is primarily affecting this variable.Design/methodology/approachThe study investigates a sample of 132 Italian LGs with more than 50,000 inhabitants for the period 2005–2014. The authors obtain a set of indicators as proxies of BS, which serve as the dependent variable of a regression model aimed at testing several independent variables which the authors are interested in, namely, financial autonomy, current equilibrium, level of indebtedness and investments.FindingsBS, as well as its three indicators—sustainability, flexibility and vulnerability—are positively related to financial autonomy and current equilibrium and negatively related to the level of indebtedness and investments.Practical implicationsTo cover citizens’ demands for public services guaranteeing sound financial management, policymakers are advised to control both the balance between current revenue and expenses and the level of indebtedness while preserving financial autonomy from external sources.Originality/valueThis study adds fresh insight to the literature on financial health, emphasising the relevance of public financial management.

Explaining the Relation Between Efficiency and Financial Condition

2018 ◽  
pp. 149-178
Author(s):  
Marco Bisogno ◽  
Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Capital Expenditures ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Positive Effect

There is a risk of presupposing that enhancing efficiency will simply improve financial health in local governments. However, there are several reasons to think that the healthy governments could be the least efficient ones. This chapter aims to contribute to this discussion by using a sample of the 132 largest Italian local governments during the period 2005-2014. The results show that the taken-for-granted positive effect of efficiency on financial condition is observable only when efficiency refers to current expenditures, but such a positive effect has not been observed in the case of capital expenditures.

Transparency as a Determinant of Local Financial Condition

2020 ◽  
pp. 1972-1995
Author(s):  
Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros ◽  
Noemi Mordán ◽  
José Valeriano Frías-Aceituno
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Financial Condition

This study is an attempt to understand the importance of the broadcasting of information about the financial health of local governments. For this, a sample comprising the 110 most important Spanish cities has been used, for the period 2008–2010. Results show that transparency about local governments' actions improves their financial condition. If citizens know this information, the uncertainty over how the resources are used by leaders decreases, encouraging them to carry out efficient governance.

The geography of financial condition in the Mexico City metropolitan area

2021 ◽  
pp. 026909422110604
Author(s):  
Alejandra Trejo-Nieto
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Financial Capacity ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Policy Concern ◽  
Administrative Units

There has been academic and policy concern about the financial capacity of administratively fragmented metropolitan areas to implement inclusive development measures and provide public services. Metropolitan public financing is problematic because there is a geographical mismatch between extended functional urban regions and administrative units. While local governments are responsible for implementing policies, spending, and raising revenues, financial capacity tends to differ across jurisdictions in response to economic, social and political factors, resulting in manifold disparities. Such variations can be particularly acute depending on the complexity and size of the metropolitan area, and can lead to major spatial disparities in the life standards of residents. This paper focuses on the local financial condition in Mexico City Metropolitan Area, which is often used to exemplify a fragmented metropolitan area. Official statistics from 1989 to 2018 are used to identify major intra-metropolitan variations in the financial condition of local governments. A novel methodology is used to classify municipalities according to their financial health, and discriminant analysis is used to explore the factors shaping the geography of financial performance. The economic and demographic size of municipalities appear to play a significant role.

ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF CASH FLOWS AT THE ENTERPRISE

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-105
Author(s):  
Olha NIPIALIDI
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stability ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
Analytical Tools

Introduction. The most important factors for “financial health” of the company are effectively structured cash flows, precondition for sustainable growth and achievement of high end results of economic activity as a whole. Knowledge and practical use of modern methods of organization and efficient management of cash flows enables transition of the company to a new quality of economic development. Purpose. The aim of the article is the research and development of theoretical, methodological and practical recommendations concerning the organization of the management process of cash flows at the enterprise. Results. Methodology of traditional assessment of financial stability of the enterprise, its elements and the factors influencing it can significantly complement and improve through the use of advanced mathematical models that allow to analyze the accuracy and objectivity of expert assessments for determination the level of the financial condition of the enterprise. Conclusion. The system of indicators used in the analysis of cash flows at the enterprises is investigated and systematized. It is advisable to choose those indicators from the total aggregate of indicators that are the most attracted to specific users of accounting information. Methods for analyzing cash flow is supplemented as regards the determination of the integral index of financial stability, which makes it possible to install ranked of the investigated enterprise. Proposals for amendments the methodological approaches to estimating of future cash flows will allow more effectively increase usefulness and reliability of accounting and analytical information for making management decisions.

Measuring the Financial Crisis in Local Governments through Data Mining

2010 ◽  
pp. 21-46
Author(s):  
José Luis Zafra-Gómez ◽  
Antonio Manuel Cortés-Romero
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Data Mining Technique ◽  
Predictive Capacity ◽  
Financial Independence ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Explanatory Factors

In local government, the financial analysis is focused on evaluating the financial condition of municipalities, and this is normally accomplished via an analytic process examining four dimensions: sustainability (or budgetary stability), solvency, flexibility and financial independence. Accordingly, the first goal the authors set out to achieve in this chapter is to determine the principal explanatory factors for each of the above dimensions. This is done by examining a wide range of ratios and indicators normally available in published public accounts, with the aim of extracting the most significant explanatory variables for sustainability, solvency, flexibility and financial independence. They use a rule induction algorithm called CHAID, which provides a highly efficient data mining technique for segmentation, or tree growing. The research sample includes 877 Spanish local authorities with a population of 1000 inhabitants or more. The developed model presents a high degree of explanatory and predictive capacity. For the levels of budgetary sustainability the most significant variables are those related to the current margin, together with the importance of capital expenditure in the budgetary structure. On the other hand, the short-term solvency depends on the liquid funds possessed by the entity. The flexibility, however, depends mainly on the financial load per inhabitant of the municipality, on the total sum of fixed charges. Finally, financial independence depends fundamentally on the transfers that the entity receives and on the fiscal pressure, among other elements.

scholarly journals Assessment of Financial Conditions of South African Municipalities: A Unique Model for KwaZulu-Natal

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewert P.J. Kleynhans ◽  
Clive Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Condition Index ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

Most South African municipalities experience significant financial problems. This study investigates the financial conditions of municipalities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). It was found that the most important factors which influence their financial position are unobservable municipally unique factors. The ratio of people of non-working age to the total population is also significant in influencing the financial position of municipalities. This article designed a unique financial conditions measurement framework to evaluate the financial status of local governments. Two independent instruments were developed, first to measure the financial quality of a municipality, and secondly, to identify and examine a number of socio-economic factors possibly affecting the financial condition of these municipalities. The study developed a composite financial condition index (CFCI) and a financial conditions management index (FCMI), and then tested the framework on 51 municipalities in the KZN province from 2009 to 2015. The study used a panel data approach with two financial condition indices as indicators. The findings suggest that, in the absence of individual effects, most of the selected socio-economic variables are relevant in terms of explaining some of the variations in municipal financial conditions. Cross-section fixed-effects do, however, significantly improve the overall performance of the model, suggesting that it is rather the unobservable municipally unique factors affecting municipal financial conditions. 

scholarly journals Penilaian Kesehatan Bank (Studi Pada PT. Bank Muamalat Indonesia, Tbk. Tahun 2016- 2019)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Citra Puspa Permata
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Risk Profile ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Financial Conditions ◽  
Good Corporate Governance

This study aims to determine the financial health of PT. Bank Muamalat Indonesia, Tbk from four aspects in RGEC which is Risk Profile, Good Corporate Governance, Earnings, and Capital. This research is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The main data of this study comes from the Annual Report of PT. Bank Muamalat Indonesia, Tbk. from 2016 to 2019, the so-called secondary data were analyzed using the RGEC method. The results showed that in the period 2016-2019, the risk profile aspect of PT. Bank Muamalat Indonesia with the NPF and  FDR Indicator on average is in a healthy financial condition, but the CR indicator showed unhealthy financial conditions. The GCG aspect using self-assessment showed a fairly healthy financial condition, the earnings aspect. with NOM, ROA and average ROE showed unhealthy financial conditions, as well as the capital aspect with average CAR and PR ratios is in very healthy financial conditions.

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