David Dreyer Lassen guest-blogging in the Washington Post

 The current shutdown of the federal government in the US – and the looming crisis over the debt ceiling – has strong parallels to recurring problems of late budgets in American state governments.
In a guest post at the Washington Post public policy blog based on research with Asger Lau Andersen and Lasse Holbøll Westh Nielsen, Professor David Dreyer Lassen explains what state governments’ experiences with shutdowns and budgeting can tell us about the current budget battle between the US Congress and the White House.