LEUENBERGER, Deniz Zeynep <br/><br/>
The use of economic criteria in the goods provision decisions of city managers and administrators 

 - Georgia :  Carl Vinson Institute of Government of The University of Georgia,  2009 
<br/><br/> There has been an ongoing debate in public administration about the relative importance of economic and political criteria in budget decision making. This study builds on the empirical research that has largely driven the discussion. Survey methodology is used to explore classic economic and budgeting theories within the context of the budget decisions of city managers and administrators. The findings support a multiple rationalities model that suggests that city managers and administrators make their recommendations about which goods and services a local government should provide based on a wide variety of decision criteria.