The Buck Stops Where? Analyzing Gubernatorial Influence and Bipartisan Compromise in the State Budget Process

• In Event: Poster Session: State Politics and Policy

Brief Overview

A case study of the budget process in Connecticut in 2017, which concludes that political factors can restrain a governor’s influence in the policymaking process and that the nature of legislative majorities is important to understanding compromise.

Author

• Nick Fulchino, Saint Anselm College