New American devolution : problems and prospects / Max B. Sawicky -- New opportunities/nagging questions : the politics of state policymaking in the 1990s / Timothy J. Conlan and James D. Riggle -- State fiscal predicament under the New Federalism / Steven D. Gold and Bruce A. Wallin -- How strong are state revenue systems? / Daphne A. Kenyon -- Growing state economies : how taxes and public services affect private-sector performance / Timothy J. Bartik -- Economic development and metropolitan sprawl : changing who pays and who benefits / Joseph J. Persky and Wim Wiewel -- State fiscal responses to block grants : will the social safety net survive? / Howard Chernick and Andrew Reschovsky -- Fiscal disparities and education finance / John M. Yinger -- Revenue sharing as a public investment : why unrestricted aid to local governments will stimulate municipal capital expenditures / Bruce A. Wallin.