Do Governors Matter? Budgeting Rules and the Politics of State Policymaking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6340355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Barrilleaux (Florida State University), Michael Berkman (Pennsylvania State University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 409-417 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591290305600403 |
| OpenAlex | W2130486173 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 51 |
| References cited | 37 |
Whether and how governors influence public policies in the U.S. is open to question. This research tests a model of gubernatorial influence on public policymaking in which gubernatorial power is conceived of the governor’s power over the budgetary process relative to that of the state legislature. We argue that governors with greater control over the budget process will use those powers to deliver a higher proportion of policies that confer benefits to statewide versus more localized constituencies. As governors’ electoral security increases, their willingness to support legislatively desired localized spending increases. Empirical results derived from pooled cross-sectional models largely support the models tested
Budget process · Control (management · Economics · Governor · Legislative process · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public choice · Public economics · State (computer science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Fiscal Policies and Political Economy · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration
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| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 51 |