Financial resilience! A comparative study of three lower tier authorities in England

Coyle, H.; Ferry, L.

doi:10.1111/faam.12344

Financial resilience! A comparative study of three lower tier authorities in England

Coyle, H.; Ferry, L.

Authors

H. Coyle

Professor Laurence Ferry laurence.ferry@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

Austerity policies have affected local government for over a decade challenging their financial resilience to cope with further financial shocks. Using a financial resilience framework, this paper examines whether lower tier authorities behave in the same way as their higher tier counterparts when it comes to financial resilience to shocks. From a detailed field study of three lower tier (district) authorities in English local government, it is concluded that they do not have the capacity to ‘Bounce Forwards’. They can only ‘Bounce Back’ in the short term and even that is becoming increasingly difficult.

Citation

Coyle, H., & Ferry, L. (2022). Financial resilience! A comparative study of three lower tier authorities in England. Financial Accountability and Management, 38(4), 686-702. https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12344

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 8, 2022
Online Publication Date	Sep 5, 2022
Publication Date	2022-11
Deposit Date	Aug 9, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Mar 31, 2023
Journal	Financial Accountability and Management
Print ISSN	0267-4424
Electronic ISSN	1468-0408
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	38
Issue	4
Pages	686-702
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/faam.12344
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1194031

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