Line Item Budgeting and Production Efficiency

Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, Volume 7, Issue 1, Fall 2011,pp. 108-126

31 Pages Posted: 15 Nov 2008 Last revised: 20 Feb 2018

See all articles by Rajiv D. Banker

Rajiv D. Banker

Temple University - Department of Accounting

Hsihui Chang

Drexel University

Ehsan H. Feroz

University of Washington Tacoma, Milgard School of Business-Accounting ; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Government of the United States of America - US GAO Advisory Council; University of Minnesota Duluth, Labovitz School of Business-Department of Accounting; University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management-Department of Accounting; American Accounting Association

Date Written: November 13, 2008

Abstract

Line item budgeting is a widely used managerial control device in governmental and nonprofit organizations. In this study, we explicitly model the relationship between input quantities and their prices with particular focus on the line item budgeting assumption of input separability, i.e., optimal quantity for each input is determined separately and independently of other inputs. Our empirical results support input separability and reject input substitutability.

Keywords: Line item budgeting, production efficiency, governments, nonprofits, school districts, Political Economy

JEL Classification: M40, M46, M48, C44, C67, D61, G34, I22, L30,L31, L51, P16

Suggested Citation

Banker, Rajiv D. and Chang, Hsihui and Feroz, Ehsan H., Line Item Budgeting and Production Efficiency (November 13, 2008). Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research, Volume 7, Issue 1, Fall 2011,pp. 108-126, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1300724 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1300724

Rajiv D. Banker

Temple University - Department of Accounting ( email )

Hsihui Chang

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