Modelling Congressional Decision Making for Defense Spending.

Abstract

The intent of this thesis is to investigate the decision making mechanism whereby Defense funding levels are determined. To accomplish this, simple linear decision models similar to those employed by Davis, Dempster, and Wildavsky for the non-defense appropriation process are used in analyzing Congressional responses to Department of Defense budget requests. Defense budgetary data for the Fiscal 1953-1971 time frame are empirically tested via time-series and cross-sectional linear regression analysis for Procurement and RDT+E. Results are tabulated and discussed.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA005864

Entities

People

  • Stephen Carl Wood

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Budgets
  • Data Science
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Science
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Military Budgets
  • Procurement
  • Regression Analysis

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Theoretical Analysis.