Wehner, Joachim


Dr Joachim Wehner  

Department

Position held

Department of Government

Senior Lecturer in Public Policy

Experience keywords:

decentralisation; South Africa: government and politics; legislatures; budgeting and public finance; political economy

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Joachim Wehner is Lecturer in Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He is also a member of the Political Science and Political Economy (PSPE) research group and the Public Policy Group (PPG). Joachim obtained a PhD in Government from the LSE in 2007. Previously, he worked as a policy analyst at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (Idasa). He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and other organisations. His research interests include public budgeting, fiscal policy, legislatures, decentralisation, as well as governance and politics in Africa. He teaches Public Budgeting and Financial Management (GV4E4).

Countries and regions to which research relates:

South Africa; Africa

Languages:

German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; French [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Basic]

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6422

Publications

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2013

Wehner, Joachim and de Renzio, Paolo (2013) Citizens, legislators, and executive disclosure: the political determinants of fiscal transparency. World development, 41 pp. 96-108. ISSN 0305-750X

2012

Hallerberg, Mark and Wehner, Joachim (2012) The educational competence of economic policymakers in the EU. Global policy, 3 (supp.1). pp. 9-15. ISSN 1758-5880

2011

Wehner, Joachim (2011) The case for congressional budgeting. Public administration review, 71 (3). pp. 349-351. ISSN 0033-3352

2010

Wehner, Joachim (2010) Legislatures and the budget process: the myth of fiscal control. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230219724

Kraan, Dirk-Jan and Wehner, Joachim and Sheppard, James and Kostyleva, Valentina and Duzler, Barbara (2010) Budgeting in Latvia. OECD journal on budgeting, 9 (3). pp. 185-227. ISSN 1608-7143

Wehner, Joachim (2010) Institutional constraints on profligate politicians: the conditional effect of partisan fragmentation on budget deficits. Comparative political studies, 43 (2). pp. 208-229. ISSN 0010-4140

Wehner, Joachim (2010) Cabinet structure and fiscal policy outcomes. European journal of political research, 49 (5). pp. 631-653. ISSN 0304-4130

2009

Wehner, Joachim (2009) South Africa’s new parliamentary budget process: an initial assessment. In: Verwey, Len and Lefko-Everett, Kate and Mohamed, Ahmed and Zamisa, Musa, (eds.) Parliament, the budget and poverty in South Africa: a shift in power . Idasa, Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 26-41. ISBN 9781920118914

2008

Wehner, Joachim and Emery, Richard and Bergvall, Daniel and Hawkesworth, Ian (2008) Budgeting in Greece. OECD journal on budgeting, 8 (3). pp. 70-119. ISSN 1608-7143

Wehner, Joachim and Kraan, Dirk-Jan and Richter, Kirsten (2008) Budgeting in Estonia. OECD journal on budgeting, 8 (2). pp. 87-126. ISSN 1608-7143

Wehner, Joachim (2008) Assessing the power of the purse: an index of legislative budget institutions. In: Stapenhurst, Rick and Pelizzo, Riccardo and Olson, David M. and von Trapp, Lisa, (eds.) Legislative oversight and budgeting: a world perspective . The World Bank, Washington, USA, pp. 79-97. ISBN 9780821376119

2007

Wehner, Joachim (2007) Budget reform and legislative control in Sweden. Journal of European public policy, 14 (2). pp. 313-332. ISSN 1350-1763

2006

Wehner, Joachim (2006) Legislative institutions and fiscal policy. PSPE working papers, 08-2006. Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Wehner, Joachim (2006) Assessing the power of the purse: an index of legislative budget institutions. Political studies, 54 (4). pp. 767-785. ISSN 0032-3217

2005

Kraan, Dirk-Jan and Wehner, Joachim (2005) Budgeting in Slovenia. OECD journal on budgeting, 4 (4). pp. 55-98. ISSN 1608-7143

2003

Wehner, Joachim (2003) Principles and patterns of financial scrutiny: Public Accounts Committees in the Commonwealth. Commonwealth & comparative politics, 41 (3). pp. 21-36. ISSN 1466-2043

2001

Wehner, Joachim (2001) Reconciling accountability and fiscal prudence? A case study of the budgetary role and impact of the German parliament. Journal of legislative studies, 7 (2). pp. 57-78. ISSN 1357-2334

2000

Wehner, Joachim (2000) Fiscal federalism in South Africa. Publius: the journal of federalism, 30 (3). pp. 47-72. ISSN 0048-5950

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