Alligations in the swamp : developments in local budgeting and finance / Daniel R. Mullins and Michael A. Pagano -- The state of state budget research / Irene Rubin -- Congressional budgeting at age 30 : is it worth saving? / Roy T. Meyers and Philip G. Joyce -- Public financing in developing...

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...