Aman Khan

Fundamentals of Public Budgeting and Finance

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Budgeting is probably the single most important function in government, considering the amount of money a government spends each year on various expenditure programs and activities, as well as the time it spends in preparing the budget, appropriating funds for these activities and, finally, executing them. This book integrates the complex theory and practice of public budgeting into a single text. Written in a simple, concise and easy to understand manner, The Fundamentals of Public Budgeting and Finance captures the multidimensional perspective of public budgeting that students, as well as practitioners will find useful.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-19228-0
• 1st ed. 2019
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9783030192280
• ISBN-10: 3030192288
• Artikelnr.: 60441345

Autorenporträt

Aman Khan is Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at Texas Tech University, USA where he teaches public budgeting, financial management, cost and managerial accounting, and quantitative methods.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Market System and the Role of Government.- 2. Evaluating a Tax System and Related Measures.- 3. An Overview of Government Expenditures.- 4. An Overview of Government Revenues.- 5. Understanding the Budget Process.- 6. Budget Systems, Underlying Structures and Characteristics.- 7. Elements of Budget Forecasting.- 8. Capital Budgeting and Improvement Process.- 9. Evaluating Capital Projects and Budget Decisions.- 10. Capital Rationing and Budget Allocation.- 11. Concluding Observations: Some Critical Issues.