摘要:

This article challenges the prevailing view of increasing political and fiscal centralization in the federal government. Since 1978, the authors argue, the nation has entered a new era of “Competitive Federalism” with federal, state and local governments locked in a competitive struggle for taxpayer resources and support. The new era has emerged largely because of the loss of the tremendous fiscal advantage held by the federal government during its centralization period, 1929 to 1978. Although “deregulated” and free to move into any area of domestic policy, the federal government is constrained by necessary budget pressures and a “reformed” income tax structure. Competitive Federalism has emerged as a new balancing force between Washington, D.C. and the fifty state‐local governments and will govern the federal system for the fores

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00836

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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This article discusses the fundamental concepts governing budget scorekeeping of federal receipts. It is a companion to a previous article that discussed “offsetting collections,” which is income that is recorded as offsets to federal outlays rather than as federal receipts. This article begins by showing the structure of the receipts table in the first presidential budget, which was the 1923 budget, and it provides a chronological discussion of how the budget presentation of receipts has evolved since then. The article then recapitulates the present budget concepts for receipts and lists the five most common challenges to them. It ends with a brief reference to the best sources for data on federal receipts, and two appendices that discuss technical issues that arise in the course of the arti

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00837

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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One of the most significant public risk management developments of the past 15 years has been the creation of local government risk control and risk financing pools. Today it is estimated that over 200 pools provide services for up to 20,000 local governments. This article is an introductory discussion of pooling and includes information drawn from the first nationwide survey of pools, and gives suggestions for future research.

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00838

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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The incidence of municipal default is closely related to the business cycles in this country. During national depressions nearly all sectors and regions experience defaults, although not with equal severity. Regional borrowing behavior during the boom years preceding depression determines which regions will be most severely affected by national depression. The history of state and local borrowing is briefly surveyed with attention to four major periods of economic expansion and the national depressions that followed. Regional development cycles are then reviewed with a focus on several cases: special district defaults both at the turn of the century and today; Detroit at the beginning of the automobile industry; and Florida in the 1920s. New York City and Cleveland are analyzed in the context of urban crises. Revenue bond defaults, including toll roads and the Washington Public Power and Supply System (WPPSS) are analyzed for special recurring patterns.

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00839

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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Canadian political scientist Donald C. Rowat posits the thesis that there is a “conflict of interest” in all federal capital cities between the national government and the local residents. Federal and local interests in the nation's capital have been so intertwined that it is difficult to define or separate them. Congress has used the appropriations process to intervene in local policy matters even when the federal interest is not invol

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00840

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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This article discusses an emerging problem—how to budget for time‐bombs. Time‐bombs are a current or a potential disaster that requires enormous sums of funds to arrest, contain or fix. Two examples are provided: the savings and loan insolvencies and the nation's aging nuclear weapons complex. The author discusses the General Accounting Office reports on those subjects and analyzes how time‐bomb budgeting has changed budget processes and decision

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00841

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

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The Department of Defense has embarked on a program of strategic modernization that will demand substantial budgetary growth for strategic forces—roughly 29 percent after inflation—during the 1990s. However, defense funding overall is unlikely to grow during the next several years. This article projects the funding that the Bush Administration's strategic modernization plans would demand, assesses the feasibility of these plans given budgetary limits, and describes some options which would reduce this fund

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00842

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00843

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Book reviewed:Policy Journals,Reshaping the Public SectorJohn Gretton and Anthony Harrison, eds.,Reshaping Central GovernmentRobert Maxwell, ed.,Reshaping the National Health ServiceMichael Parkinson, ed.,Reshaping Local GovernmentChristine Whitehead, ed.,Reshaping the Nationalized IndustriesHoward E. Shuman,Politics and the Budget. The Struggle Between the President and the CongressPeter K. Eisinger,The Rise of the Entrepreneurial StateRobert L. Bland,A Revenue Guide For Local GovernmentIrene S. Rubin, ed.,New Directions in Budget Theory

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.d01-1559

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0275-1100    

DOI:10.1111/1540-5850.00845

出版商:Blackwell Publishers Ltd.    

年代:1989

数据来源: WILEY