Major Trends in the Evaluation of Municipal Financial Condition and the Crisis ManagementEffect

Authors

  • Ana Plata Díaz University of Granada
  • Gemma Pérez López University of Granada
  • José L. Zafra Gómez University of Granada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rc.14688

Keywords:

financial condition, crisis management, accounting and financial information analysis

Abstract

In recent decades, numerous research papers have attempted, through several approaches,
to define and to get different mechanisms to assess the financial condition of public entities.This study
aims to analyze the main elements that have been used for the analysis of accounting and financial
public information; it focuses particularly on the local level, and later it introduces an element that
has appeared in recent literature: the crisis management. This concept should be considered when
undertaking any kind of action to overcome the negative financial situation of these days
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Published

2013-02-28

How to Cite

Plata Díaz, A., Pérez López, G., & Zafra Gómez, J. L. (2013). Major Trends in the Evaluation of Municipal Financial Condition and the Crisis ManagementEffect. Contaduría Universidad De Antioquia, (60), 165–178. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rc.14688

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