The Politics of the Budgetary Process¶
Wildavsky, A. (1964). The Politics of the Budgetary Process.
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- Budget Allocation Model
- Its failure mode is incrementalism masquerading as analysis: budgets tend to drift from last year's base with only marginal adjustment, so a model that quietly anchors on historical shares can dress up inertia as optimization.
This sourceDescribes incremental budgeting as beginning with the previous year's base and concentrating on a narrow range of marginal adjustments.
- Its failure mode is incrementalism masquerading as analysis: budgets tend to drift from last year's base with only marginal adjustment, so a model that quietly anchors on historical shares can dress up inertia as optimization.
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