Concentrated powers: Unilateral executive authority and fiscal policymaking in the American States

Journal of Politics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-112

  Krause, George A ^a   Melusky, Benjamin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857185288     PISSN: 00223816     EISSN: 14682508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022381611001149     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Abney, Glenn, and Thomas P. Lauth. 1998. "The End of Executive Dominance in State Appropriations." Public Administration Review 58 (September-October): 338-94.
2. Abrams, Burton A., and William R. Dougan. 1986. "The Effects of Constitutional Restraints on Governmental Spending." Public Choice 49 (2): 101-16.
3. Alesina, Alberto, and Howard Rosenthal. 1995. Partisan Politics, Divided Government, and the Economy. New York: Cambridge University Press.
4. Alt, Robert. 1993. "Revenue Forecasting and Estimation- How It's Done, State by State." State Tax Notes 4 (May): 1038-51.
5. Alt, James E., and Robert C. Lowry. 1994. "Divided Government, Fiscal Institutions, and budget Deficits: Evidence from the States." American Political Science Review 88 (December): 811-28.
6. Alt, James E., and Robert C. Lowry. 2000. "A Dynamic Model of State Budget Outcomes under Divided Partisan Government." Journal of Politics 62 (November): 1035-69.
7. Alt, James E., and David D. Lassen. 2006. "Transparency, Political Polarization, and Political Budget Cycles in OECD Countries." American Journal of Political Science 50 (July): 530-50. (Pubitemid 43823226)
8. Alt, James E., David D. Lassen, and Shanna S. Rose. 2006. "The Causes of Fiscal Transparency: Evidence from the American States." IMF Staff Articles 53 (Annual): 30-57. (Pubitemid 44608273)
9. Alt, James E., and Shanna Rose. 2007. "Context-Conditional Political Budget Cycles." In Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics, ed. Carles Boix and Susan Stokes. New York: Oxford University Press, 845-67.
10. Atkeson, Lonna Rae, and Randall W. Partin. 1995. "Economic and Referendum Voting: A Comparison of Gubernatorial and Senate Elections." American Political Science Review 89 (March): 99-107.
11. Barrilleaux, Charles, and Michael Berkman. 2003. "Do Governors Matter? Budgeting Rules and the Politics of State Policymaking." Political Research Quarterly 56 (December): 409-17. (Pubitemid 38161369)
12. Berry, William D., Evan J. Ringquist, Richard C. Fording, and Russell L. Hanson. 1998. "Measuring Citizen and Government Ideology in the American States." American Journal of Political Science 42 (January): 327-48. (Pubitemid 128009981)
13. Besley, Timothy, and Anne Case. 1995. "Does Electoral Accountability Affect Economic Policy Choices? Evidence from Gubernatorial Term Limits." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 110 (August): 769-98. (Pubitemid 26466996)
14. Beyle, Thad. 1998. "Governors," In Politics in the American States. 7th ed., ed. Virginia Gray, Russell L. Hanson, and Herbert Jacob. Washington: CQ Press, 191-231.
15. Beyle, Thad, and Margaret Ferguson. 2008. "Governors and the Executive Branch." In Politics in the American States: A Comparative Analysis, 9th ed., ed. Virginia Gray and Russell L. Hanson. Washington DC: CQ Press, 192-228.
16. Boylan, Richard T. 2008. "Political Distortions in State Forecasts." Public Choice 136 (June): 411-27.
17. Bourdeaux, Carolyn. 2007. "Dimensions of Legislative Budgetary Control." Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Washington, DC.
18. Carey, John M., and Matthew Soberg Shugart, eds. 1998. Executive Decree Authority. New York: Cambridge University Press.
19. Carter, John R., and David Schap. 1990. "Line-Item Veto: Where Is Thy Sting?" The Journal of Economic Perspectives 4 (Spring): 103-18.
20. Cohen, Jeffrey E., and Ronald D. King. 2004. "Relative Unemployment and Gubernatorial Popularity." Journal of Politics 66 (November): 1267-82. (Pubitemid 39525976)
21. Crain, W. Mark. 2003. Volatile States: Institutions, Policy, and the Performance of American State Economies. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
22. Dearden, James A., and David Schap. 1994. "The First Word and the Last Word in the Budgetary Process: A Comparative Institutional Analysis of Proposal and Veto Authorities." Public Choice 81 (October): 35-53.
23. Deering, Christopher J., and Forrest Maltzman. 1999. "The Politics of Executive Orders: Legislative Constraints on Presidential Power." Political Research Quarterly 52 (December): 767-83.
24. Dickinson, Matthew J., and Matthew A. Lebo. 2007. "Reexamining the Growth of the Institutional Presidency, 1940-2000." Journal of Politics 69 (February): 206-19.
25. Dometrius, Nelson C. 1979. "Measuring Gubernatorial Power." The Journal of Politics 41 (May): 589-610.
26. Dometrius, Nelson C., and Deil S. Wright. 2010. "Governors, Legislatures, and State Budgets across Time." Political Research Quarterly. 63 (December): 783-795.
27. Fox, William F. 2010. "Can State and Local Governments Rely on Alternative Tax Sources?" Regional Economic Development: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis 6 (October): 88-101.
28. Goodman, Doug. 2007. "Determinants of Perceived Gubernatorial Influence Among State Executive Budget Analysts and Legislative Fiscal Analysts." Political Research Quarterly 60 (March): 43-54.
29. Hallerberg, Mark, and Patrik Marier. 2004. "Executive Authority, the personal vote, and Budget Discipline in Latin American and Caribbean Countries." American Journal of Political Science 48 (July): 571-87. (Pubitemid 38977161)
30. Hansen, Susan B. 1983. The Politics of Taxation: Revenue without Representation. New York: Praeger.
31. Hansen, Susan B. 1999. "'Life is Not Fair': Governors' Job Performance Ratings and State Economies." Political Research Quarterly 52 (March): 167-88.
32. Howell, William G. 2003. Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
33. Fitts, Michael A., and Robert P. Inman. 1992. "Controlling Congress: Presidential Influence in Domestic Fiscal Policy." Georgetown Law Journal 80: 1737-85.
34. Jacoby, William G., and Saundra K. Schneider. 2006. "Citizen Influences on State Policy Priorities: The Interplay of Public Opinion and Interest Groups." Articleresented at the Annual State Politics and Policy Conference, Texas Tech University.
35. James, Scott C. 2005. "The Evolution of the Presidency: Between the Promise and the Fear." In Institutions of American Democracy: The Executive Branch, ed. Joel D. Aberbach and Mark A. Peterson. New York: Oxford University Press, 3-40.
36. Kearns, Paula S. 1994. "State Budget Periodicity: An Analysis of the Determinants and the Effect of State Spending." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 13 (Spring): 331-62.
37. Kiewiet, D. Roderick, and Mathew D. McCubbins. 1991. The Logic of Delegation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
38. Krause, George A. 2002. "Separated Powers and Institutional Growth in the Presidential and Congressional Branches: Distinguishing Between Short-Run versus Long-Run Dynamics." Political Research Quarterly 55 (March): 27-57.
39. Krause, George A., David E. Lewis, and James W. Douglas. 2011. "Does Delegation Insulate Policymaking from Politics? Evidence from Official Revenue Forecasts in the American States." Typescript. University of Pittsburgh.
40. Krol, Robert, and Shirley Svorny. 2007. "Budget Rules and State Budget Cycles." Public Finance Review 35 (July): 530-44.
41. Lowry, Robert C., James E. Alt, and Karen E. Ferree. 1998. "Fiscal Policy Outcomes and Electoral Accountability in American States." The American Political Science Review 92 (December): 759-74. (Pubitemid 128185277)
42. Madison, James. [1788] 1961. "Federalist 51". In Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, The Federalist Articles, ed. Clinton Rossiter. New York: New American Library.
43. Malhotra, Neil. 2006. "Government Growth and Professionalism in U.S. State Legislatures." Legislative Studies Quarterly 31 (November): 563-84.
44. Mayer, Kenneth R. 2001. With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
45. McCubbins, Mathew D. 1991. "Party Governance and U.S. Budget Deficits: Divided Government and Fiscal Stalemate."' In Politics and Economics in the Eighties, ed. Albert Alesina and Geoffrey Carliner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 83-111.
46. Moe, Terry M. 1998. "The Presidency and the Bureaucracy: The Presidential Advantage." In The Presidency and the Political System (5th ed.), ed. Michael Nelson. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 437-68.
47. Moe, Terry M., and William G. Howell. 1999. "The Presidential Power of Unilateral Action." The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 15 (March): 132-79.
48. Niemi, Richard G., Harold W. Stanley, and Ronald Vogel. 1995. "State Economies and State Taxes: Do Voters Hold Governors Accountable?" 39 (November): 936-57.
49. Owings, Stephanie, and Rainald Borck. 2000. "Legislative Professionalism and Government Spending: Do Citizen Legislators Really Spend Less?" Public Finance Review 28 (May): 210-25.
50. Partin, Randall W. 1995. "Economic Conditions and Gubernatorial Elections: Is the State Executive Held Accountable?" American Politics Research 23 (January): 81-95.
51. Peltzman, Sam. 1992. "Voters as Fiscal Conservatives." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 107 (May): 327-61.
52. Persson, Torsten, Gérard Tabellini, and Guido Roland. 1997. "Separation of Powers and Political Accountability." Quarterly Journal of Economics 112 (November): 1163-1202. (Pubitemid 127156520)
53. Pomper, Gerald M. 1968. Elections in America: Control and Influence in Democratic Politics. New York: Dodd-Mead.
54. Poterba, James M. 1994. "State Responses to Fiscal Crises: The Effects of Budgetary Institutions and Politics." Journal of Political Economy 102 (August): 799-821.
55. Primo, David M. 2007. Rules and Restraint: Government Spending and the Design of Institutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
56. Rose, Shanna. 2006. "Do Fiscal Rules Dampen the Political Business Cycle?" Public Choice 128 (September): 407-31. (Pubitemid 44372862)
57. Rosenthal, Alan. 1990. Governors and Legislatures: Contending Powers. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly.
58. Rudolph, Thomas J. 2003. "Institutional Context and the Assignment of Political Responsibility." Journal of Politics 65 (February): 190-215. (Pubitemid 36209166)
59. Sharkansky, Ira. 1968. "Agency Requests, Gubernatorial Support and Budget Success in State Legislatures." American Political Science Review 62 (December): 1220-31.
60. Svoboda, Craig J. 1995. "Retrospective Voting in Gubernatorial Elections: 1982 and 1986." Political Research Quarterly 48 (March): 135-50.
61. Voorhees, William R. 2004. "More Is Better: Consensual Forecasting and State Revenue Forecast Error." International Journal of Public Administration 27 (8/9): 651-71.