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Mapping a Field's Development: 20 Years of ABFM Conferences
Author(s) -
HILDRETH W. BARTLEY,
WOODRUM MICHAEL A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5850.2009.00934.x
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , financial management , political science , accounting , public management , public relations , business , management , finance , economics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Public budgeting and financial management has grown into a vibrant and productive research field of study with multiple journals and conferences devoted to the topic. One way to map the field's development is to examine the participants and topics covered in its longest‐running dedicated gathering of researchers, the 20 annual conferences of the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). This article traces the 20‐year history and composition of ABFM in terms of the participants and topics. It documents the evolution of the field and provides clues to the future direction of public budgeting and financial management published research.