Financial Management Theory in the Public Sector

Aman Khan is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, Texas Tech, Lubbock. He is author, coauthor, editor, or coeditor of numerous professional publications, he serves on the editorial boards of the The Journal of Public Administration and Management and the Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management.W. Bartley Hildreth is Regents Distinguished Professor of Public Finance at the Hugo Wall School of Urban and Public Affairs and the W. Frank Barton School of Business and Director of the Kansas Public Finance Center, Wichita State. He is a book review editor for the International Journal of Public Administration and editor or coeditor of many professional publications including the Handbook on Taxation, Handbook of Public Personnel Administration, and the Handbook of Strategic Management.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsManaging Financial Transactions Efficiently: A Transaction Cost Model of Public Financial Management by John R. Bartle and Jun MaInformation Asymmetry in Public Investment Management by Brian K. Collins and Aman KhanBridging the Gap between Contract Service Delivery and Public Financial Management: Applying Theory to Practice by Lawrence L. MartinProspect Theory and the Municipal Bond Market by Kenneth A. KrizPractice as Interpretation in Public Financial Management by Gerald J. Miller with Jonathan Justice and Iryna IlliashShould Financial Reporting by Government Encompass Performance Reporting? Origins and Implications of the GFOA-GASB Conflict by William Earle Klay, Sam M. McCall, and Curtis E. PaynesAssessing the Likely Acceptance of Financial Management Techniques in the Public Sector: A Characteristic Approach by William G. Albrecht and Rev. Thomas D. LynchFiscal Decentralization: Theory as Reform by James Edwin KeeManaging Structural Imbalances: Implications for Fiscal Decision Making and Policy by Merl Hackbart and Jim RamseyE-Government Financial Management Models by Craig L. JohnsonIntegrating Theory and Practice: Financial Management Reform in the U.S. Federal Government by L.R. Jones and Jerry L. McCafferySelected BibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors