Data
Please cite the papers (if any) and the ICPSR Project Citation when using these data sources.
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What: Manufacturing output and employment
Level: County (U.S)
Time Period: 1927 – 1937
Frequency: Biennial
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What: Manufacturing output and employment
Level: City (U.S.)
Time Period: 1904 – 1939
Frequency: ~ 5 years
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What: Spatial distribution of manufacturing industries
Level: County (U.S.)
Time Period: 1927
Frequency: Cross-section
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What: Aggregate bank balance sheets
Level: County (U.S.)
Time Period: 1924 – 1931
Frequency: Annual
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What: Number of deaths by cause
Level: City (U.S.)
Time Period: 1915-1923
Frequency: Annual
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Paper citation: Janas, P. (2026). Public Goods Under Financial Distress. Journal of Financial Economics, 176. 104205.
What: Revenue, expenditure, and debt of U.S. cities
Level: City (U.S.)
Time Period: 1924 – 1938
Frequency: Annual
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Paper citation: Janas, P. (2026). Public Goods Under Financial Distress. Journal of Financial Economics, 176. 104205.
What: Outstanding bonds of U.S. cities as of 1929
Level: Bond
Time Period: 1929
Frequency: Cross-section
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What: Revenue, expenditure, and debt of public U.S. city school systems
Level: U.S. school districts aggregated to the city-level
Time Period: 1922 – 1940
Frequency: Annual
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Paper citation: Baker, S. R., Janas, P., & Kueng, L. (2025). Correlation in state and local tax changes. Journal of Public Economics, 242, 105275.
What: Personal income, corporate income, property, sales, and excise tax rates
Level: State and County (U.S.)
Time Period: 1975 – 2022
Frequency: Annual
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