Hong Kong public budgeting : historical and comparative analyses / / Brian C.H. Fong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910743382603321
• Autore: Fong Brian C. H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• ISBN: 981-16-5363-1; 981-16-5362-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 pages)
• Collana: Hong Kong Studies Reader Series
• Disciplina: 352.48
• Soggetti: Budget; Budget - China - Hong Kong - History - 20th century; Budget - China - Hong Kong - History - 21st century; Finance, Public - China - Hong Kong - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Disclaimer -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Why Study Hong Kong Public Budgeting -- How to Study Hong Kong Public Budgeting -- Structure of This Book -- Bibliography -- Part I: Historical Analyses -- Chapter 2: Budgetary Institutions -- Formation of the Colonial Budgetary Institutions -- Fiscal Conservatism -- Fiscal Autonomy -- Codification Under the 1983 Public Finance Ordinance -- Constitutionalization Under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and the 1990 Basic Law -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Budgetary Decision-Making -- Bureaucratic Bargaining Model Before the 1980-1990s -- Pluralistic Bargaining Model Since the 1980-1990s -- The Cases of 1991 and 1992 Budgets -- The Case of 2003-2004 Budget -- The Case of 2011-2012 Budget -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part II: Comparative Analyses -- Chapter 4: Budget Openness -- Research Context -- Research Case Background -- Hong Kong: A Fiscally Autonomous Entity -- Macao: Another Fiscally Autonomous Entity -- Taiwan: A De Facto Regime with Full Fiscal Independence -- Research Design -- Mapping the Regime Trajectories ; -- Studying the State of Budget Openness at Critical Moments of Democratization -- Research Findings and Discussion -- Other Potential Explanations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Budget Oversight -- Research Context -- Research Case Background -- Most-Similar-System Comparison of Hong Kong and Macao -- Fiscal Autonomy and Oversight Institutions in Hong Kong and Macao -- Research Design -- Research Findings and Discussion -- Research Findings: Similar Oversight Institutions, Different Oversight Practices -- Discussion: Why and How the Base of Opposition Politics Matters -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: Budget Allocation -- Research Context -- Research Case Background.; Most-Similar-System Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore -- The Public Budgeting Systems of Hong Kong and Singapore -- Research Design -- Research Findings -- Vertical Comparison of Budgetary Demand in Hong Kong -- Vertical Comparison of Budgetary Demand in Singapore -- Horizontal Comparison of Budgetary Demand Between Hong Kong and Singapore in Their Deficit Years -- Horizontal Comparison of Budgetary Demand Between Hong Kong and Singapore in Their Surplus Years -- Testing the Correlation Between Budgetary Demand and Budgetary Output -- Observations and Explanations -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendices: Profiles of Hong Kong Public Budgeting -- Annual Budget Cycle -- Government Accounts -- Government Estimates -- Glossary of Terms -- Financial Statistics -- Bibliography.