This paper presents a model of government saving in order to examine several questions regarding the personal and professional saving preferences or inclinations of a national sample of local government finance managers. First, is personal propensity to save related to a preference for local government saving? Second, is personal propensity to spend related to the finance managers' opinions about their local government's spending? Third, what are the determinants of finance managers' propensity to save or spend, both personally and for their local government? Results confirm that finance managers have a personal propensity to save and a positive view toward local government saving. The opposite, propensity to spend, is also influenced by personal preference. Determinants of these behaviors are explored.
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1 March 2012
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March 01 2012
Finance Managers' Propensity To Save
W. Bartley Hildreth;
W. Bartley Hildreth
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University
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Samuel J. Yeager;
Samuel J. Yeager
Wichita State University
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Gerald J. Miller;
Gerald J. Miller
Public Administration in the School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Jack Rabin
Jack Rabin
The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1945-1814
Print ISSN: 1096-3367
Copyright © 2012 by PrAcademics Press
2012
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Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management (2012) 24 (2): 1–35.
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Hildreth WB, Yeager SJ, Miller GJ, Rabin J (2012), "Finance Managers' Propensity To Save". Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, Vol. 24 No. 2 pp. 1–35, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBAFM-24-02-2012-B001
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