Performance-based budgeting: The U.S. experience

Public Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-107

  Kong, Dongsung ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity based budgeting; Governance; Outcomes based budgeting; Performance based budgeting; Performance management system; Program budgeting; Public budgeting; Public finance; Public management; Results based budgeting

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144454087     PISSN: 15667170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11115-005-1782-6     Document Type: Article

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