Exploring the factors for budget stability and punctuations: A preliminary analysis of state government sub-functional expenditures

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 457-473

  Ryu, Jay Eungha ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Budget stability and punctuation; Disproportionate information processing theory

Indexed keywords

BUDGET DEFICIT; EXPENDITURE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POLICY ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349154411     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2009.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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