Modern budget forecasting in the American states : precision, uncertainty, and politics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brogan, Michael J., 1972-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to the public budgeting forecast process
  • The process and politics of generating budget forecast errors
  • Inter-temporal variation, fiscal uncertainty and state-level long-term revenue budget forecasts errors
  • Projecting expenditures : revenue uncertainty, public choices, political institutions, elections and forecast errors
  • Interpreting budget forecast errors : fiscal shirking, financial uncertainty and public opinion
  • The financial consequences of state-level budget forecast errors
  • The electoral consequences of budget forecast errors
  • Budget forecasting in the states : reforms, institutions, politics and uncertainty.