Synopses & Reviews
FISCAL ADMINISTRATION is based on two principles: that students must clearly understand the details of where the money for public budgets comes from; and that, to learn public finance and budgeting, students must "run the numbers." John L. Mikesell--an authority on the revenue side of public finance--focuses on his area of specialty, giving students detailed instruction that will equip them to deal with the complex issues and calculations they will encounter in the field. In most chapters, Mikesell includes questions and exercises that require calculations to get specific answers, as well as "Cases for Discussion" and "Sidebars" that supplement the regular text with more in-depth treatment of key topics. This edition also includes the most recent federal budget information, as well as the latest federal government fiscal data.
Review
"The best textbook of which I know that treats public budgeting and financial administration so comprehensively."--Napoleon Bamfo, Valdosta State University
Synopsis
FISCAL ADMINISTRATION, Eighth Edition, is based on two principles: that students must understand precisely where the money for public budgets comes from; and that, to learn public finance and budgeting, students must "run the numbers." John L. Mikesell--an authority on the revenue side of public finance--gives students detailed instruction to equip them to deal with the complex issues and calculations they will encounter in the field. In most chapters, Mikesell includes questions and exercises that require calculations to get specific answers. Also included are "Cases for Discussion" and "Sidebars" that supplement the regular text with more in-depth treatment of key topics. This new edition includes the budget information from the Obama administration and the latest federal government fiscal data.
Synopsis
Ever wonder how federal finance really works? FISCAL ADMINISTRATION shows you how public budgets operate and lets you crunch the numbers yourself. And with the latest data from the US federal budget, including its breakdown, you can see for yourself how policymakers allocate money. Plus, each chapter includes stories for discussion from the private sector as well as from public finance. Run the numbers and debate the financial policies with FISCAL ADMINISTRATION.
About the Author
John Mikesell holds a BA from Wabash College and both an MA and PhD in economics from the University of Illinois, where he specialized in public finance and taxation. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University and director of professional graduate programs for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Professor Mikesell is editor-in-chief of PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCE, the journal published by the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis and the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, and his column on sales taxation is a regular feature of STATE TAX NOTES. Dr. Mikesell has served as chief fiscal economist with the USAID Barents Group/KPMG Peat Marwick fiscal reform project with the government of Ukraine, and as Moscow-based director for assistance in intergovernmental fiscal relations with the USAID Georgia State University Consortium Russian fiscal reform project. He has worked as consultant on World Bank missions to the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, and has worked on fiscal studies for several state governments in the U.S. Mikesell is coauthor with John F. Due of SALES TAXATION, STATE AND LOCAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION (Urban Institute Press). And his research on government finance and taxation has appeared in several journals, including NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL, PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCE, and PUBLIC FINANCE QUARTERLY.
Table of Contents
1. Fundamental Principles of Public Finance. Part I: BUDGETING, BUDGET STRUCTURES, AND BUDGET REFORM. 2. The Logic of the Budget Process. 3. Budget Structures and Institutions: Federal and State-Local. 4. Budget Methods and Practices. 5. Budget Classifications and Reform. 6. Capital Budgeting, Public Infrastructure, and Project Evaluation. Part II: REVENUE SOURCES, STRUCTURE, AND ADMINISTRATION. 7. Taxation: Criteria for Evaluating Revenue Options. 8. Major Tax Structures: Income Taxes. 9. Major Tax Structures: Taxes on Goods and Services. 10. Major Tax Structures: Property Taxes. 11. Revenue from User Fees, User Charges, and Sales by Public Monopolies. 12. Collecting Taxes. 13. Revenue Forecasts, Revenue Estimates, and Tax Expenditure Budgets. 14. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Diversity and Coordination. Part III: ADMINISTERING DEBT, WORKING CAPITAL, AND PENSION FUNDS. 15. Debt Administration. 16. Managing Funds: Cash Management and Employee Retirement Funds.