The Evolution of Public Finance and Budgeting

An overview of developments in public financing

A full range of topics are covered in The Evolution of Public Finance and Budgeting: developments in local budgeting and finance; public financing in developing countries; the U.S. revenue policy; governmental accounting and auditing; and the evolution of the municipal debt market in state and local government. Specific topics in the realm of public finance are addressed by individual authors and compiled in the publication. About the Authors.

Preface (John L. Mikesell and Daniel R. Mullins).

Chapter 1. Alligators in the Swamp: developments in Local Budgeting and Finance (Daniel R. Mullins and Michael A. Pagano).

Chapter 2. The State of State Budget Research (Irene Rubin).

Chapter 3. Congressional Budgeting At Age 30: Is It Worth Saving (Roy T. Meyers and Philip G. Joyce).

Chapter 4. Public Financing in Developing and Transition Countries (Roy Gahl and Sally Wallace).

Chapter 5. United States Revenue Policy: Stability Within the Rhetoric of Reform (John L. Mikesell).

Chapter 6. The Evolution of the State and Local Government Municipal Debt Market Over the Past Quarter Century (W. Bartley Hildreth and C. Kurt Zorn).

Chapter 7. The Discourse of Governmental Accounting and Auditing (Jean Harris)

John L. Mikesell is an expert in governmental finance, specializing in sales and property tax policy and administration and public budgeting systems.