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Summary: Mikesell's Travels discloses the Author's expertise
Review: "A bibliographical review" John L. Mikesell is professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University and director of professional graduate programs for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is editor-in-chief of Public Budgeting and Finance, the journal cooperatively published by the American Association for Budget and Program Anaylsis and the Assocciation for Budgeting and Financial Management, and his column on sales taxation is a regular feature of State Tax Barents Group/KPMG Peat Marwick fisical reform project with the government of Ukraine, and as Moscow-based director for assistance in intergovernmental fisccal relations with the USAID Georgia State University Consortium Russian fisical reform project. He has worked on fisical studieis for several states not including Ohio.Consultant to World Bank; Visiting Scholar to U.S. Congressional Budget Office; and a myriad of top drawer public budgeting journals. He headed the National Tax Assocation-Tax Institute of America, 89-92. BA from Illinois, MA and PHD from Illinois, where he specializes in public finance and taxation. He's a proud member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Summary: Mikesell's Travels discloses the Author's expertise
Review: "A bibliographical review" John L. Mikesell is professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University and director of professional graduate programs for the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He is editor-in-chief of Public Budgeting and Finance, the journal cooperatively published by the American Association for Budget and Program Anaylsis and the Assocciation for Budgeting and Financial Management, and his column on sales taxation is a regular feature of State Tax Barents Group/KPMG Peat Marwick fisical reform project with the government of Ukraine, and as Moscow-based director for assistance in intergovernmental fisccal relations with the USAID Georgia State University Consortium Russian fisical reform project. He has worked on fisical studieis for several states not including Ohio.Consultant to World Bank; Visiting Scholar to U.S. Congressional Budget Office; and a myriad of top drawer public budgeting journals. He headed the National Tax Assocation-Tax Institute of America, 89-92. BA from Illinois, MA and PHD from Illinois, where he specializes in public finance and taxation. He's a proud member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Summary: Incorrect statement from former reviewer
Review: A previous reviewer incorrectly identified my father's (J. Mikesell) undergrad alma mater as Illinois. In fact John Mikesell earned his BA from Wabash College. Just setting the facts straight.
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Summary: Detailed and Organized.
Review: As an ousider to the political science field, this book laid the proper path to an easy understanding of fiscal management in the public sector. The subject was presented in an organized way, wtih sidebars filling in the practical aspect of such book-learning process. Readers, inside and outside the field, will benefit from reading this book.
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Summary: Detailed and Organized.
Review: As an ousider to the political science field, this book laid the proper path to an easy understanding of fiscal management in the public sector. The subject was presented in an organized way, wtih sidebars filling in the practical aspect of such book-learning process. Readers, inside and outside the field, will benefit from reading this book.
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Summary: Regarding Fiscal Administration
Review: I am currently using this book for a graduate-level public budgeting course for a ranked MPA program. Mikesell's textbook is a poorly written, discursive and convoluted in scope. There are several basic grammatical errors in this textbook, and this is coming from someone whose first language is not English. The end-of-chapter computational problems are difficult to complete because nowhere in the chapters does the author explain how to do the problems. There is also too much information crammed into each paragraph; I'm lucky if I can read three pages in a row in one sitting. The author does not write well; he uses too many block quotes and lists (e.g, (1), (2), (3)...). Therefore, this book does not read well, and the information he tries to provide does not register in the mind. Most of my classmates have the same complaints as the ones I listed above. This book agitating for many to read, even for someone with a fairly solid economic background. Therefore, I'd strongly recommend not to use this book if at all possible. But to balance out this criticism with some good points, the first chapter is relatively easy to read and useful.
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Summary: Leaves something to be desired...
Review: I use this book in a public budgeting graduate class. For people with limited knowledge of public budgeting or fiscal administration in general, this book leaves much to be desired. A certain base knowledge is required and one must be able to decode the private language of budget scholars to understand the writings. Examples are frequently presented with no clear connection to the text. This book is regarded as one of the best, but I would not recommend it for anyone without prior knowledge of the subject or to someone looking for a quick and easy explanation of budgeting.
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Summary: Leaves something to be desired...
Review: I use this book in a public budgeting graduate class. For people with limited knowledge of public budgeting or fiscal administration in general, this book leaves much to be desired. A certain base knowledge is required and one must be able to decode the private language of budget scholars to understand the writings. Examples are frequently presented with no clear connection to the text. This book is regarded as one of the best, but I would not recommend it for anyone without prior knowledge of the subject or to someone looking for a quick and easy explanation of budgeting.
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