Why Public Financial Management Matters
- 7 December 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
- Vol. 21 (Supplement), i113-i124
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muq060
Abstract
Public administration and management (PAM) scholars have long recognized that financial resources are the lifeblood of public organizations. Less appreciated is how the study of public financial management (PFM) can inform the theory, research, and practice of PAM broadly. In this article, we argue that PFM research brings a variety of conceptual, analytical, and empirical insights to bear on some of public administration and management's timeless questions. To illustrate this claim, we synthesize findings from a variety of research across the PFM subfield.Keywords
This publication has 49 references indexed in Scilit:
- What Drives Nonprofit Entrepreneurship?The American Review of Public Administration, 2005
- Institutional Design versus Reputational Effects on Bureaucratic Performance: Evidence from U.S. Government Macroeconomic and Fiscal ProjectionsJournal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2004
- Public Management and Educational Performance: The Impact of Managerial NetworkingPublic Administration Review, 2003
- Using Adjusted Performance Measures for Evaluating Resource UsePublic Budgeting & Finance, 1999
- Is Activity-Based Costing Up to the Challenge When It Comes to Privatization of Local Government Services?Public Budgeting & Finance, 1999
- Treating Networks Seriously: Practical and Research-Based Agendas in Public AdministrationPublic Administration Review, 1997
- The Listening Bureaucrat: Responsiveness in Public AdministrationPublic Administration Review, 1994
- Generational Accounting: A Meaningful Way to Evaluate Fiscal PolicyJournal of Economic Perspectives, 1994
- The Reiterative Nature of Budget Reform: Is There Anything New in Federal Budgeting?Public Budgeting & Finance, 1993
- The Proverbs of AdministrationPublic Administration Review, 1946