Background
Roth, Timothy Peter was born on December 11, 1943 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Conrad Albert and Hildegard Elizabeth (Meier) Roth.
(This book argues that increasingly arcane budget processe...)
This book argues that increasingly arcane budget processes rivet voter and media attention on federal on-budget activity while simultaneously increasing the cost of monitoring politicians' actions. This enables politicians to say one thing and do another; to rail against "big government" while systematically expanding its reach. Roth distinguishes this book by his emphasis on the role of contrived information asymmetry in the principal-agent relationship between voters and their elected representatives. The analysis suggests that, given their agents' propensity to obfuscate, voters cannot rely on ideological or statutory restraints on the growth of government. Contents: Foreword; Acknowledgements; Information asymmetry and the Growth of Government; Ideology Overwhelmed: The Reagan Years; Ideology and the Principal-Agent Problem; Federal On-Budget Activity: Rhetoric vs. Reality; The Federal Underground Economy; The Erosion of Freedom; Freedom Defended; Notes; Index.
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economics and finance educator
Roth, Timothy Peter was born on December 11, 1943 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Conrad Albert and Hildegard Elizabeth (Meier) Roth.
Bachelor of Science in Economics, Albright College, 1965. Master of Arts in Economics, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, 1970.
Senior economist joint economics committee, United States Congress, Washington, 1979-1981; executive director President Reagan's steel advising committee, senior advisor, Office of Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, Washington, 1983-1985; assistant professor, then associate professor economics department economics and finance, University Texas, El Paso, 1970-1979; associate professor, University Texas, El Paso, 1981-1983; Bachelor of Arts Templeton professor, chairperson department economics and finance, University Texas, El Paso, since 1985. Consultant President Reagan's Cabinet Council on Economic Policy, 1985-1986.
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Member American Economics Association, American Statistical Association, National Association Business Economists, Atlantic Economics Society, Western Economics Association.
Children: Diana Rae, Stephanie Kae, Cynthia Anne.