Download or read book Local Government Finances in the Nation and the St. Louis Metropolitan Area written by Paul Edward Merz and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This report analyzes the recent growth in public expenditures, revenues, and debt at all levels in the United States, Federal, state and local, but emphasizes developments in local government finance in the nation, Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and the St. Louis Metropolitan Area as defined by EWGCC. An intensive analysis of local government finance in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area by counties and by state, Missouri and Illinois, highlights the differences between fiscal patterns within the St. Louis Metropolitan Area governments in the nation as a whole, and local governments in Metropolitan Areas similar to St. Louis."--Preliminary page.