| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 455 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-449) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- The law and politics of fiscal policy -- Introduction -- The congressional budget process / William Dauster -- Budget gimmicks / Cheryl Block -- Transparency in the U.S. budget process / Elizabeth Garrett and Adrian Vermeule -- European experiences with fiscal rules and institutions / Jurgen von Hagen Bibliography -- Understanding federal deficits and public debt -- Introduction -- Economic perspectives on federal deficits and debt / Michael Boskin -- Counting the ways: the structure of federal spending / Howell Jackson -- Starving the beast: the psychology of budget deficits / Jonathan Baron and Edward J. McCaffery -- Bibliography -- Budgeting and fiscal constraints at the state level -- Introduction -- Budgetary arrangements in the 50 states, in search of model practices / Juliet Musso, Elizabeth Graddy and Jennifer Grizard -- The calculus of constraint: a critical review of state fiscal institutions / Tracy Gordon -- When does the ballot box limit the budget? Politics and spending limits in California, Colorado, Utah, and Washington / Thad Kousser, Mathew McCubbins and Kaj Rozga -- Bibliography -- Intergovernmental aspects of budget policy -- Introduction -- Dysfunctional or optimal institutions?: state debt limitations, the structure of state and local governments, and the finance of American infrastructure / Barry Weingast and John Wallis -- Federal-state budgetary interactions / David Super -- Bibliography -- Judicial powers and budget policy -- Introduction -- New property, entrenchment, and the fiscal constitution / John Harrison -- Courts, constitutions, and public finance: some recent experiences from the states / Richard Briffault -- Bibliography. |
| Summary |
Explores the problems of budget policy and reform in Congress, at the state level, and within the European Union. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Budget -- United States.
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Budget. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Garrett, Elizabeth, 1963-2016.
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Graddy, Elizabeth, 1950-
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Jackson, Howell E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fiscal challenges. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008 9780521877312 0521877318 (DLC) 2007027738 (OCoLC)154309164 |
| ISBN |
9780511379024 (electronic book) |
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0511379021 (electronic book) |
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0511378130 (electronic book) |
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9780511378133 (electronic book) |
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9780521877312 |
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0521877318 |
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9780511511462 (electronic book) |
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0511511469 (electronic book) |
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1281243558 |
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9781281243553 |
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9780521140096 (paperback) |
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0521140099 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
9786611243555 |
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