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Maintaining Higher Taxes and Spending More With the Line‐Item Veto: Uncommon Events That Sting[Note 6. The term “Sting” is in reference to Carter and ...]
Author(s) -
Douglas James W.
Publication year - 2017
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/pbaf.12176
Subject(s) - veto , government (linguistics) , economics , state (computer science) , public economics , line (geometry) , key (lock) , political science , computer science , law , computer security , geometry , mathematics , politics , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm
The scholarly literature provides little evidence that the line‐item veto is used effectively by governors in the U.S. states to reduce budget totals or shrink the size of government. By examining the actions of five governors in four states, this study reveals that item vetoes have been used explicitly in several cases to maintain higher levels of taxation and spending. It concludes that under the right conditions at key moments in time the line item veto can be used by governors to have a decisive impact on state budget outcomes.