Balancing Control and Flexibility in Public Budgeting A New Role for Rule Variability /

• Main Authors: Di Francesco, Michael (Author), Alford, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Finance.; Finance, Public.; Accounting.; Public administration.; Public Finance.; Financial Accounting.; Public Administration.

Michael Di Francesco is an Associate Professor and Case Program Director at the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, and the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. He has held academic appointments at the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne, and Victo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Non-routine problems and flexibility
• 3. Flexibility, inflexibility and budgeting
• 4. Budget rules and budget flexibility
• 5. Budget reform and rule modification
• 6. Calibrating budget flexibility and control: A new role for rule variability
• 7. Conclusion. .