a ISBN 978-05-2187731-2

a ISBN 0-521-87731-8

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number HJ2051

b Item number .F483 2008

a Dewey Classification 352.4/80973

a Title Fiscal challenges :

b Remainder of title an interdisciplinary approach to budget policy /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Elizabeth Garrett, Elizabeth A. Graddy, Howell E. Jackson.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Cambridge ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Cambridge University Press,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008.

a Extent xiv, 455 p. :

b Other physical details ill. ;

c Dimensions 25 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 446-449) and index.

a Formatted contents note 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.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Budget

a Personal name Garrett, Elizabeth.

a Personal name Graddy Elizabeth

d Dates associated with a name 1950

a Personal name Jackson Howell E

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