Putting trust in the US budget : federal trust funds and the politics of commitment

Eric M. Patashnik

In the United States many important programs, such as Social Security and Medicare, are paid from trust funds. This book provides the first comprehensive study of this significant yet little-studied feature of the American welfare state, and also raises a fundamental question of democratic politics: can current officeholders bind their successors?

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Alternative title:	Federal trust funds and the politics of commitment
Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Patashnik, Eric M.
Publisher:	Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
Subject:	USA \| United States \| Rentenfinanzierung \| Pension finance \| Finanzierung der Sozialversicherung \| Social security financing \| Infrastrukturinvestition \| Infrastructure investment \| Gesundheitsfinanzierung \| Health care financing \| Infrastrukturfinanzierung \| Infrastructure financing
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (xiv, 231 p) ill 24 cm
Series:	Theories of institutional design
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-225) and index Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction: trust funds and the politics of commitment; 2 Political transaction costs, feedback effects, and policy credibility; 3 Trust fund taxes vs. general fund taxes; 4 Social security; 5 Medicare; 6 Highways; 7 Airports; 8 Superfund; 9 Barriers to trust fund adoption: the failed cases of energy security and lead abatement; 10 Conclusions: the structure and normative challenges of promise-keeping; Bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:	0-521-77748-8 ; 0-521-77174-9 ; 978-0-521-77174-0
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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