An Analysis of the Correlation between Budget Assertiveness and Budget Success

Abstract

This thesis studies the relationship between budget assertiveness and budget success in various Department of Defense budget accounts. It covers the budget formulation and Congressional enactment phase. It presents a model to discuss determinants of budget success and then focuses on one major component of success, assertiveness, defined as the percentage increment requested. The percentage increment appropriated is shown to be significantly correlated with the percentage increment requested. The budget accounts which seem to be most rewarded by budget assertiveness for Fiscal Years 1977-1988 are Procurement, Marine Corps; the four services' Military Personnel accounts; Other Procurement, Air Force; and Other Procurement Army. The budget accounts which seem least responsive to budget assertiveness are: Aircraft Procurement, Weapons Procurement, Navy; and Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army. Keywords: Statistical analysis, Tables data, Graphs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA205897

Entities

People

  • Joseph Scarpa

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Federal Budgets
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Regression Analysis
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
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  • Systems Analysis and Design