Allen Schick is a governance fellow of the Brookings Institution

Brookings Institution

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 and also a professor of political science at the Maryland School of Public Policy

University of Maryland School of Public Policy

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 of University of Maryland, College Park

University of Maryland, College Park

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. He is known as an authority on budget theory

Budget theory

Budget theory is the academic study of political and social motivations behind government and civil society budgeting. Classic theorists in Public Budgeting include Henry Adams, William F. Willoughby, V. O. Key, Jr., and, more recently, Aaron Wildavsky. Notable recent theorists include Baumgartner...

and the federal budget process, in particular

Allen Schick advises members of Congress and has conducted numerous studies on budget systems and policies; public management; and government finance.

He is the founding editor of the professional journal, Public Budgeting and Finance.

Publications

• Congress and Money: Spending, Taxing, and Budgeting, American Society for Public Administration, 1987
• Making Economic Policy in Congress, American Enterprise Institute, 1984
• The Capacity to Budget, 1990
• The Budget Puzzle, 1993
• The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process, 1995