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Foreword | |
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About the New Edition | |
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Contributors | |
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Introduction | |
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Public Budgeting | |
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Political Economy of Budgeting | |
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The Political Economy of City Life Cycles: A Comparative Analysis of Services, Expenditures, and Revenues | |
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Equity and Budgetary Analysis: Determining Fair Shares of Local-Option Sales Tax Revenue | |
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Waste Not, Want Not: School Finance Reform and Educational Equity in New Jersey | |
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Confidence, Competence, and Clientele: Norm Maintenance in Budget Preparation | |
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The Political Economy of Outsourcing | |
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Budget Management Practices | |
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Issues in Budget Execution | |
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Do Program Budgets and Performance Indicators Influence Budget Allocations? An Assessment of Mississippi Budgeting | |
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Performance Budgeting in Florida: To Muddle or Not to Muddle, That is the Question | |
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Implementing and Managing Zero-Base Budgeting | |
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Target-Based Budgeting in Lincoln County | |
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Strategic Planning and Budgeting in the "New Texas": Putting Service Efforts and Accomplishments to Work | |
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Transition to Outcome-Based Budgeting: The Case of Missouri's Department of Revenue and Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
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Forecasting the General Fund Budget of a Local Government: The City of Pleasantville | |
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Revenue Forecasting | |
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Parties, Professionalism, and Changing Budget Battles in New York (1950-1997) | |
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Capital Budgeting Practices in Local Governments: A Comparative Study of Two States | |
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Procedures for Programming and Financing Capital Improvements | |
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Can the Riverside Community Afford a Massive Debt-Financed Capital Improvements Program? | |
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Budget Analysis: A Study in the Budgetary Practices of a Small Community | |
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Budgeting for Unincorporated Area Services | |
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Budgeting Under Financial Stress | |
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The Collapse of Federal Fiscal Home Rule in the District of Columbia: An Analysis of Municipal Financial Conditions | |
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City-County Consolidation: The Case of the Illusive Cost Savings | |
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Innovations in Public Budgeting: Applying Organizational Development Processes to Downsizing | |
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Cutback Management in Georgia: State Agency Responses to Fiscal Year 1992 Budget Reductions | |
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The Struggle for Better Budgets: The Curious Case of the Legislative Conference System in New York State | |
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Financial Management | |
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Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting | |
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Cash Basis Financial Reporting for Local Government: A Comparison with GAAP | |
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Changes for Governmental Financial Reporting | |
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Financial Analysis of the City of Mesquite Falls, Texas, Using Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports | |
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Governmental Audit Recommendation Follow-up Systems: Implementing Recommendations Effectively | |
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Benchmarking and Cost Accounting: The North Carolina Approach | |
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Financial Management Practices | |
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Comparative Analysis of Key Governmental Financial Indicators | |
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Financial Performance Monitoring and Customer-Oriented Government: A Case Study | |
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Determining the Full Cost of Residential Solid Waste Services | |
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Reengineering Financial Management: Pittsburgh's Unisource 2000 Project | |
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Learning from Experience: Cash Management Practices of a Local Government | |
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The Evolution of a Debt Management Policy and Program: A Case Study of Kentucky | |
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The Orange County Debacle: Where Irresponsible Cash and Debt Management Practices Collide | |
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The Gordian Knot of a Project Revenue Bond Default | |
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Obtaining a Better Bond Rating: A Case Study | |
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Procurement Dilemmas: Social Policies Versus Pure Competition--The Case of Vendor Preferences | |
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Risk Management: A Case Study | |
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The Politics of Pension Investment Returns | |
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Promises and Pitfalls of Contracting for Public Services: The LAWA Case | |
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Enterprise Fund Operation in a West Texas City | |
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Ethical Issues Facing Private, Not-for-Profit Hospitals in the United States: The Case of the Methodist Hospital System | |
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Financial Management Under Budgetary Stress | |
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Financial Management Under Budgetary Stress | |
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The Richmond Unified School District Default: COPs, Bankruptcy, Default, State Intervention, and Epilogue | |
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Property Tax Abatement: A Case Study of San Marcos, Texas | |
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Financing a Recycling Facility Through a Public-Private Partnership | |
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The Chickens Come Home to Roost: The Publicization of Private Infrastructure | |
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Index | |