Public Sector Budgets: A Comparative Study

Part 1 Public sector budgeting in the United States: the federal budget - concepts and uses the federal budget process federal budget trends - the record, Kamal Desai budget decisions in a federal system the fiscal structure of the United States, Ronald Shadbegian. Part 2 Comparative budgeting - case studies: public sector service provision and the form of government budget making in Canada, Gladstone Hutchinson fiscal federalism in the federal republic of Germany, Ute Schumacher budgeting in the United Kingdom, Peter Smith centralized versus decentralized provision and the size of government, Ronald Shadbegian. Part 3 Budget policy: budget policy - an overview public saving and the economy public capital formation and growth.