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Budget Reform in the United Kingdom: The Rocky Road to ‘Controlled Discretion'

In: The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations

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The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations investigates the impacts and consequences of budgetary reform through a comparative assessment of advanced Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) democracies that have undertaken budget reforms over the past two to three decades.

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  • Colin Thain, 2010. "Budget Reform in the United Kingdom: The Rocky Road to ‘Controlled Discretion'," Chapters, in: John Wanna & Lotte Jensen & Jouke de Vries (ed.), The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    1. Wass, Douglas, 2008. "Decline to Fall: The Making of British Macro-economic Policy and the 1976 IMF Crisis," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199534746.
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    3. Thain, Colin & Wright, Maurice, 1995. "The Treasury and Whitehall: The Planning and Control of Public Expenditure, 1976-1993," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198277842.
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