Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector [Hardcover]

John Mikesell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 015505855X | ISBN-13: 978-0155058552 | Publication Date: October 3, 2002 | Edition: 6

FISCAL ADMINISTRATION is based on two principles: that students must clearly understand the details of where the money for public budgets comes from; and that, to learn public finance and budgeting, students must "run the numbers." John Mikesell--an authority on the revenue side of public finance--focuses on his area of specialty, giving students detailed instruction that will equip them to deal with the complex issues and calculations they will encounter in the field. In most chapters, Mikesell includes questions and exercises that require calculations to get specific answers, as well as "Cases for Discussion" and "Sidebars" that supplement the regular text with more in-depth treatment of key topics. This edition also includes the most recent federal budget information, as well as the latest federal government fiscal data.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The best text book in the market for graduate courses in public budgeting/financial management."--Rowan Miranda, University of Chicago

"The best textbook of which I know that treats public budgeting and financial administration so comprehensively."--Napoleon Bamfo, Valdosta State University --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

John Mikesell holds a BA from Wabash College and both an MA and PhD in economics from the University of Illinois, where he specialized in public finance and taxation. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He is professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University and director of the Master of Public Affairs program for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Professor Mikesell is editor-in-chief of PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCE, the journal published by the American Association for Budget and Program Analysis and the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, and his column on sales taxation is a regular feature of STATE TAX NOTES. Dr. Mikesell has served as chief fiscal economist with the USAID Barents Group/KPMG Peat Marwick fiscal reform project with the government of Ukraine, and as Moscow-based director for assistance in intergovernmental fiscal relations with the USAID Georgia State University Consortium Russian fiscal reform project. He has worked as consultant on World Bank missions to the Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, and has worked on fiscal studies for several state governments in the U.S. Mikesell is coauthor with John F. Due of SALES TAXATION, STATE AND LOCAL STRUCTURE AND ADMINISTRATION (Urban Institute Press). And his research on government finance and taxation has appeared in several journals, including NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL, PUBLIC BUDGETING AND FINANCE, and PUBLIC FINANCE QUARTERLY. He has received the Wildavsky Award for outstanding scholarly achievement by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 672 pages
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 6 edition (October 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 015505855X
• ISBN-13: 978-0155058552
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Leaves something to be desired..., November 6, 2003

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Matthew L Martin (Columbus, OH, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector (Hardcover)

I use this book in a public budgeting graduate class. For people with limited knowledge of public budgeting or fiscal administration in general, this book leaves much to be desired. A certain base knowledge is required and one must be able to decode the private language of budget scholars to understand the writings. Examples are frequently presented with no clear connection to the text. This book is regarded as one of the best, but I would not recommend it for anyone without prior knowledge of the subject or to someone looking for a quick and easy explanation of budgeting.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mikesell needs to write more succinctly... please see Lee, Joyce and Johnson., October 18, 2005

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Matthew S. Worner "Hokie Nation" (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector (Hardcover)

Public Budgeting Systems by Robert D. Lee, Philip G. Joyce, and Ronald Wayne Johnson is written more clearly... if you have a choice, buy this book. The problem with Mikesell is that he has to write 200 pages (six chapters) to explain the concept of revenues in the budget process. Too many trees were wasted in the development of this book. Lee, Joyce, and Johnson can do this in 40 pages.

The greater majority of my Public Budgeting Systems class at George Mason University feels that the Mikesell book is written in a manner to lull oneself to sleep... the benefit is that one could read the book rather than using drugs to induce sleep.

However, if you are required to purchase the Mikesell book, you should go to the Amazon UK web site and complete your transaction there... you can save yourself about 70 to 80 dollars.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mikesell needs more money, reprints same book with new picture on the cover, July 6, 2005

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H. Ahmad "student on budget" (Syracuse, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector (Hardcover)

Are you looking for this book for your MPA course? Save some money and buy an older edition. They're all the same!!!