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Author Lorenz, Christiane

Title The impact of performance budgeting on public spending in Germany's Laender / Christiane Lorenz ; with a foreword by Berthold U. Wigger
Edition 1st ed
Published Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 143 pages) : illustrations
Series Gabler research
Gabler research.
Contents Foreword; Acknowledgement; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Problem statement and purpose of the study; 1.2 Course of the analysis; 2 Challenges in public management; 2.1 Where we start from theoretical background; 2.1.1 Max Weber and the New Public Management; 2.1.2 New Institutional Economics; 2.1.3 The Political Economy of public management; 2.2 The characteristics of the public sector inside Agency Theory; 2.2.1 Measurability of outputs; 2.2.2 Intrinsic motivation; 2.2.3 Multi-tasking and task evasion; 2.2.4 Multiple principals
2.2.5 Control organs3 The genesis of performance budgeting; 3.1 History and development; 3.1.1 The term 'Performance Budgeting'; 3.1.2 Historical approaches and their drawbacks; 3.2 Previous literature on performance budgeting; 3.2.1 Case studies and best practices; 3.2.2 Empirical findings on performance budgeting effects; 3.2.3 Methods used; 4 The core elements of performance budgeting; 4.1 Medium-term framework with objectives; 4.2 Program structure with indicators; 4.3 Monitoring, evaluations and performance measures gathering performance information
4.4 Incentive system and the integration of performance information into the decision-making process4.5 Auditing and transparency to the public; 4.6 Composition of the performance budgeting elements; 5 Impact of performance budgeting on public spending in the German; 5.1 The institutional framework; 5.1.1 Local Level; 5.1.2 State Level; 5.1.3 National Level; 5.2 Related empirical studies; 5.3 Method and data; 5.3.1 Method and hypotheses; 5.3.2 The dataset; 5.4 Empirical results; 5.4.1 Descriptive statistics; 5.4.2 Econometrical results
5.4.3 Interpretation of results and limits of the analysis6 Summary and outlook; Appendix; A.1 Sample questionnaire sent to Ministries of Finance; A.2 Variable explanations and data sources; Bibliography
Summary Derived from the international literature on experiences with performance budgeting five elements which constitute performance budgeting as a comprehensive system can be identified in this book. This new definition is then applied to the German state level in order to investigate whether performance budgeting is effective in Germany, in detail, whether it actually leads to a reduction of public expenditure. With a survey in the state Ministries of Finance and an individually constructed panel dataset, the impact of the German performance budgeting reforms on their major aim, the enhancement of
Analysis Economics
Economics/Management Science
economie
bedrijfswetenschap
management science
Management studies, Business Administration, Organizational Science (General)
Management, bedrijfskunde, organisatiekunde (algemeen)
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D)--Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2011
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-143)
Subject Program budgeting -- Germany
Expenditures, Public.
Science économique.
Affaires.
Expenditures, Public
Program budgeting
SUBJECT Germany -- Appropriations and expenditures
Subject Germany
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783834934833
3834934836