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Fiscal challenges : an interdisciplinary approach to budget policy /

Explores the problems of budget policy and reform in Congress, at the state level, and within the European Union.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Garrett, Elizabeth, 1963-2016, Graddy, Elizabeth, 1950-, Jackson, Howell E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.