Budget Theory in the Public Sector

AMAN KHAN is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Texas Tech University. He holds advanced degrees in planning and economics plus a doctorate in public administration. Previously Director of the Graduate Program in Public Administration at Texas Tech, he currently serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals, and edited an earlier Quorum book, Cost and Optimization in Government (2000).W. BARTLEY HILDRETH is Regents Distinguished Professor of Public Finance in the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs and the W. Frank Barton School of Business, Wichita State University. He is author of more than 150 articles, books, and book chapters, and has served as a city finance director and member of the National Council on State and Local Budgeting.

• PrefaceBudget Theory for a New Century by Lance T. LeLoupEarly Budget Theory: The Progressive Theory of Expenditures by Julia BeckettThe Separation of Powers Principle and Budget Decision Making by Thomas P. LauthNonconventional Budgets: Interpreting Budgets and Budgeting Interpretations by Gerald J. MillerA Multiple Rationality Model of Budgeting by Katherine WilloughbyThe Principal-Agent Model and Budget Theory by John ForresterResponsibility Budgeting and Accounting Reform by Larry R. Jones and Fred ThompsonBudget Theory for Public Administration . . . and Public Administrators by Gerasimos A. Gianakis and Cliffors P. McCueThe Theory of the Public Sector Budget: An Economic Perspective by Merl Hackbart and James R. RamseyBudgets as Portfolios by Aman KhanPunctuated Equilibrium: An Agenda-Based Theory of Budgeting by Meagan JordanThe Impact of Agency Mission on Agency Budget Strategy: A Deductive Theory by Marcia Lynn Whicker and Changhwan MoBudgeting for Outcomes by Lawrence L. MartinPhilosophy, Public Budgeting, and the Information Age by Thomas D. and Cynthia E. LynchSelected BibliographyIndex