Putting Trust in the US Budget: Federal Trust Funds and the Politics of Commitment

ISBN: 9780521777483 出版年：2000 页码：247 Eric M Patashnik Cambridge University Press

1. Introduction: trust funds and the politics of commitment 2. Political transaction costs, feedback effects, and policy credibility 3. Trust fund taxes vs general fund taxes 4. Social security 5. Medicare 6. Highways 7. Airports 8. Superfund 9. Barriers to trust fund adoption: the failed cases of energy security and lead abatement 10. Conclusions: The structure and normative challenge of promise-keeping.