Another Cato researcher, Michael New, tested Niskanen's model in different time periods and using a more restrictive definition of spending (non-defense discretionary spending) and arrived at a similar conclusion.
另一个卡托研究员迈克尔·纽在不同时期以更严格的对于开支的定义（非国防自由支配的开支）检验了Niskanen模型，并到得到类似的结论。