This festschrift celebrates the extensive contribution John Wanna has made to the research and practice of politics, policy and public administration. It includes both personal acknowledgements of his work and substantial essays on the issues that he focused most closely upon during his academic...

The government budget may be viewed as the financial mirror of society's economic and social choices, but does the budget contribute to the attainment of the overall objectives of economic policy, namely, growth, equity and stability? For government to be able to function and fulfill its role,...

The paper reviews the gender-differentiated effect of macroeconomic policies by examining the impact of persistent revenue shortfalls on the part of the national government in 1997-2003 on the budget allocations for programs that support gender equality and women's priority public services in...

Infolge der Herausforderungen durch Corona-Pandemie und Energiepreiskrise wird das Haushaltsvolumen des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) im Jahr 2023 deutlich steigen. Die Auflösung des NRW-Rettungsschirms wird dabei genutzt, um eine "Krisenbewältigungsrücklage" ins Leben zu rufen. Insgesamt...

Beschönigen Landesregierungen ihre Finanzplanung vor Landtagswahlen? Die Ergebnisse einer neuen Studie zeigen, dass Regierungen in den alten Bundesländern keinen systematischen Einfluss auf die Finanzplanung nahmen. Im Gegensatz dazu unterschätzten die Regierungen in den neuen Bundesländern...

Gewählte Lokalpolitiker befinden sich häufig in einem Zielkonflikt: Einerseits wollen sie verantwortungs - volle politische Entscheidungen treffen. Andererseits haben Mandatsträger auch ein Wiederwahlinteresse. Beide Ziele können vereinbar sein; mitunter sind sie aber nicht in Einklang zu...

The EU budget review process will restart as we approach the end of the current financial framework 2007-2013. This paper traces the history of the EU budget and draws lessons for the review to come. Whatever reforms are proposed, they must serve to shift spending to policy areas and instruments...

The budget forms the legal basis of government spending. If a budget is not in place at the beginning of the fiscal year, planning as well as current spending are jeopardized and government shutdown may result. This paper develops a continuous-time war-of-attrition model of budgeting in a...

From 2001 the fiscal policy in Chile has been based on a structural surplus rule. Under this rule, the government is committing itself to maintain its expenditures equal to the structural revenue minus the target for the structural surplus, which is expressed in terms of the GDP. The calculation...