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Even a brief government shutdown might hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term efficiency in the federal workforce

  • Written by Gonzalo Maturana, Associate Professor of Finance, Emory University
imageA sign indicates the closing of federal services during the government shutdown in 2013. AP Photo/Susan Walsh

As the federal fiscal year draws to a close, an increasingly familiar prospect is drawing near in Washington, D.C.: a possible government shutdown. And for federal workers, it couldn’t come at a worse time.

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