The real effects of municipal bond insurance market disruptions11This paper was previous circulated with the title “Bond Insurance and Public Sector Employment.” I thank Gary Gorton, Andrew Metrick, Heather Tookes, William English, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Cameron LaPoint, William Goetzmann, Stefano Giglio, Kaushik Vasudevan, Thomas Bonczek, Chase Ross, and Sharon Ross for helpful conversations. I thank participants at various seminars and conferences for their questions and comments. I thank several anonymous referees for their critiques and suggestions. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve Board, or the Federal Reserve System. Any errors or omissions are the responsibility of the authors. No statements here should be treated as legal or investment advice. Data from SDC Platinum and Thomson Reuters EIKON used in this paper are licensed through Yale University.