Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment as a Budgetary Reform Idea: The View from Public Budgeting Researchers

Abstract

This study examines public budgeting researchers' views on the proposed balanced budget constitutional amendment. Focusing on the amendment's viability and adoptability, the study shows that the experts do not consider the balanced budget amendment a viable reform idea. The study further reveals that the experts' views on the balanced budget amendment are significantly correlated to their personal characteristics. Implications concerning the results of this study are discussed.