Public Finance Administration - Hardcover

Reed, B. J.; Swain, John W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803974051 ISBN 13: 9780803974050

Verlag: Sage Publications, 1996

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A unique, clearly written, and logically organized volume, Public Finance Administration, Second Edition provides a comprehensive focus on the management of public funds. Ideal for the nonexpert with a public administration background, this easy-to-read new edition is updated in content and examples. Authors B. J. Reed and John W. Swain begin with a broad introduction to public finance administration, including its relationship to public budgeting, the practice of public sector accounting, and the economic concepts of money and value. Next, they cover revenues and expenditures, including how they are administered and the importance of forecasting and cost analysis. Later chapters deal with such technical areas as managing cash flow, investment, debts, risk, purchasing, capital budgets, and the financial components of human resource management. The volume includes a look at the evaluative side of public finance such as auditing, assessing financial conditions, and the emerging use of development finance. In addition, the authors point to relevant web sites on the Internet for more information on public finance administration. Filling a need for courses in public finance administration, this volume provides a public administration based approach to the subject with a highly practical orientation.

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Vice Chancellor Reed has been on the faculty of the University of Nebraska Omaha since 1982. He has published in numerous journals including Public Administration Review, The American Review of Public Administration, the International Journal of Public Administration and Public Budgeting and Finance, among others. He is also the author of several books on diverse topics including economic development, strategic planning, financial administration and intergovernmental management.

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A unique, clearly written, and logically organized volume, Public Finance Administration, Second Edition provides a comprehensive focus on the management of public funds. Ideal for the nonexpert with a public administration background, this easy-to-read new edition is updated in content and examples. Authors B. J. Reed and John W. Swain begin with a broad introduction to public finance administration, including its relationship to public budgeting, the practice of public sector accounting, and the economic concepts of money and value. Next, they cover revenues and expenditures, including how they are administered and the importance of forecasting and cost analysis. Later chapters deal with such technical areas as managing cash flow, investment, debts, risk purchasing, capital budgets, and the financial components of human resource management. Filling a need for courses in public finance administration, this volume provides a public administration based approach to the subject with a highly practical orientation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0803974051
• ISBN 13: 9780803974050
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 392
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland