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" Fiscal challenges : "
edited by Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy, Howell E. Jackson.
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BL
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996591
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b750961
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| Title & Author
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Fiscal challenges : : an interdisciplinary approach to budget policy /\ edited by Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy, Howell E. Jackson.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2008.
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1 online resource (xiv, 455 pages) :: illustrations
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0511378130
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: 0511379021
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: 0511511469
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: 0521877318
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: 1281243558
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: 9780511378133
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: 9780511379024
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: 9780511511462
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: 9780521877312
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: 9781281243553
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0521140099
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9780521140096
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-449) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Explores the problems of budget policy and reform in Congress, at the state level, and within the European Union.
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Budget-- United States.
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Budget.
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Fiskalpolitik
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MEDICAL-- Public Health.
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United States.
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USA
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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352.4/80973
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HJ2051.F483 2008eb
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QL 262rvk
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Garrett, Elizabeth,1963-2016.
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Graddy, Elizabeth,1950-
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Jackson, Howell E.
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