''Public Budgeting & Finance'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed academic journal
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published by
Wiley-Blackwell
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on behalf of
Public Financial Publications. The journal was established in 1981 under
Allen Schick
Allen Schick is a governance fellow of the Brookings Institution and also a professor of political science at the Maryland School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park. He is known as an authority on budget theory and the feder ...
, with the aim of integrating the interdependent but often separated fields of
budgeting and
financial management
Financial management is the business function concerned with profitability, expenses, cash and credit, so that the "organization may have the means to carry out its objective as satisfactorily as possible;"
the latter often defined as maximizin ...
.
The current
editors-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are Justin Marlowe (
University of Washington
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Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
) and Sharon Kioko (
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...
). The journal spans the spectrum of
budget process A budget process refers to the process by which governments create and approve a budget, which is as follows:
* The Financial Service Department prepares worksheets to assist the department head in preparation of department budget estimates
* The A ...
and policy and
financial management
Financial management is the business function concerned with profitability, expenses, cash and credit, so that the "organization may have the means to carry out its objective as satisfactorily as possible;"
the latter often defined as maximizin ...
.
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