Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management: Volume 16 Issue 3

Rational expectations theory and macro budgetary decision-making: comparative analysis of Canada, UK, and USA

Christopher G. Reddick

An exciting opportunity that many advanced industrial democracies faced in the late 1990s was the movement from budgetary deficit to surplus. This came after years of persistent…

Symposium introduction

John D. Wong

Supporting government performance by capturing the values and expertise of key stakeholders: a delphi/decision support system approach to local revenue planning

Blue Wooldridge, H. Roland Weistroffer

Past research suggests that decision-making can be improved by gauging diverse view points from key stakeholders, where a stakeholder is any group or individual that can affect or…

Competition and economic development efforts in the garden state: perceptions of municipal public officials

Donijo Robbins

Competition for private investment, it has been argued, is often the fiercest between neighboring cities or cities within the same region. One result of maintaining a competitive…

A comprehensive approach to the assessment of tax increment financing (TIF) projects

Thomas G. Johnson, James K. Scott

One of the most popular economic development incentive tools used today is Tax Increment Financing (TIF). Proponents of TIF argue that these incentive programs have fostered new…

The fiscal impact of economic growth and development on local government revenue capacity

John D. Wong

The focus of this article is to examine the relationship between local economic growth and development and local government revenue capacity. A model is established to determine…

Regime transition and economic development: the question of “who’s on first?”

John D. Wong, Maurice G. Pritz

Local governments have long been concerned with economic growth and development. Some local governments take an aggressive, proactive stance on economic development, while others…