Full Description
Mikesell's FISCAL ADMINISTRATION, 11th Edition, gives you the power to understand public finance as a participant who can put the process together, not just as a bystander. With in-depth analysis of important events like marijuana legalization, COVID-19 and Supreme Court e-commerce rulings, you'll understand how recent events impact budgets at the national, state and local levels. Each chapter begins with learning objectives that provide a roadmap for the chapter and tie to the end-of-chapter exercises. You'll also find case studies, exercises and questions that help you apply chapter content to real-world scenarios. With U.S. federal, state and local budgets, financial reports and other documents, you can see how policymakers and administrators operate and learn skills needed to function in those systems.
Contents
1. Fundamental Principles of Public Finance.
2. The Logic of the Budget Process.
3. Budget Methods and Practices.
4. Federal Budget Structures and Institutions.
5. State and Local Budgets.
6. Budget System Reforms: Trying to Make Better Choices.
7. Capital Budgeting, Time Value of Money, and Cost-Benefit Analysis: Process, Structure, and Basic Tools.
8. Taxation: Criteria for Evaluating Revenue Options.
9. Major Tax Structures: Income Taxes.
10. Major Tax Structures: Taxes on Goods and Services.
11. Major Tax Structures: Property Taxes.
12. Revenue from Fines, Fees, Charges, and Sales by Public Monopolies.
13. Revenue Forecasts, Revenue Estimates, and Tax Expenditure Budgets.
14. Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: Diversity and Coordination.
15. Debt Administration.
