Curriculum Vitae
REVISED: May 9, 2008
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Department of Public Policy
and Administration Phone: (916) 278-6304, Fax: (916)
278-6544, E-Mail: rwassme@csus.edu
California State University, Sacramento
Web Site: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/w/wassmerr/
Sacramento, California 95819-6081
FIELDS: Public Economics, State and Local Public Finance, and Urban Economics
PRESENT RANK AND DATE OF RANK: Professor, California State University, Sacramento, 2000
TENURED: 1999
ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
Chairperson, Department of Public Policy and Administration, CSUS, Summer 2007-Present,
Core Faculty Member, Sacramento State Independent Doctorate in Education, 2007-Present,
Core Faculty Member, Central Area North Doctorate in Education Leadership (CANDEL), CSUS/UC,Davis/Sonoma State, 2005-2007,
Acting Chairperson, Department of Public Policy and Administration, CSUS, Fall 2004,
Research Fellow, California Institute for County Government, 2004-2005,
Visiting Consultant, California Senate Office of Research, 2000-2002,
Coordinator, California State University Faculty Fellows Program, Center For California Studies, CSUS, 1997-2001. (This program helps California State Legislators and the Governor's Office to develop RFPs concerning current public policy issues in the state. Faculty throughout the California State University System are then found to complete the research.)
PERSONAL: 46 years old, married, two children
EDUCATION
Graduate:
Ph.D., Economics, 1989, Michigan State University; East Lansing, Michigan, Dissertation: Taxes, Property Tax Abatement, Expenditure, and the Composition of the Property Tax Base in a Metropolitan Area, Principal Advisor: Ronald C. Fisher,
M.A., Economics, 1985, State University of New York, Binghamton.
Baccalaureate:
B.S., Economics, 1983, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan.
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS:
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics; and Coordinate Faculty; College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs; Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1989-95,
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1988-89.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
American Economic Association, Association for Public Policy and Management, and National Tax Association.
HONORS / AWARDS:
CSUS Nominee (Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Services), California State University Wang Family Excellence Award, 2004, 2005,
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Finance and Business, and Who's Who in the World, 2007-08,
President's Award for Research and Creative Activity, CSUS, (given to one member of California State University, Sacramento faculty a year to recognize extraordinary research and creative activity over the past five years in her or his first ten years of service), 2000-01,
Honorable Mention, National Tax Association’s Annual Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Competition, 1990,
Howard K. Neville Fellowship, Department of Economics, Michigan State University, 1984,
Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award, School of Economics and Management, Oakland University, 1983,
I. PUBLICATIONS
A. Books
Bidding for Business: The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area, with John Anderson, Upjohn Institute, May 2000,
Readings in Urban Economics: Issues and Public Policy, Editor, Blackwell Publishers, January 2000.
B. Journal Articles Published
1. Refereed Journals:
"Causes of Urban Sprawl in the United States: Auto Reliance as Compared to Natural Evolution, Flight From Blight, and Local Revenue Reliance," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, forthcoming,
"Beyond The Basics: The Effects Of Non-Core Curricular Enrichments On Standardized Test Scores At High Schools," with Susan Catron, Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, Summer 2006,
"Does a More Centralized Urban Form Raise Housing Prices?" with Michelle Baass, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 2006, pp. 439-62,
"Who Supports Local Growth and Regional Planning to Deal with Its Consequences," with Ted Lascher, Urban Affairs Review, May 2006, pp. 621-45,
"The Influence of Local Urban Containment Policies and Statewide Growth Management on the Size of United States Urban Areas," Journal of Regional Science, February 2006, pp. 25-66,
"Effect of Racial/Ethnic Composition on Transfer Rates in Community Colleges: Implications for Policy and Practice," with Colleen Moore and Nancy Shulock, Research in Higher Education 45, September 2004, pp. 539-60,
"Lessons from California's Public Elementary Schools Where Performance Exceeds Expectations," California Politics and Policy 8, June 2004, pp. 44-68,
"Fiscalization of Land Use, Urban Growth Boundaries, and Non-Central Retail Sprawl in the Western United States," Urban Studies 39, July 2002, pp. 1307-1327,
"Interstate Variation in the Use of Fees to Fund K-12 Public Education," with Ronald Fisher, Economics of Education Review 21, January 2002, pp. 87-100,
"Bidding for Business: New Evidence on the Effect of Locally Offered Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area," Economic Development Quarterly 15, May 2001, pp. 132-148,
"Public Sector Technical Inefficiency in Large U.S. Cities," with Philip Grossman and Panayiotis Mavros, Journal of Urban Economics 46, 1999, pp. 278-299,
"Economic Influences on the Structure of Local Government in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," with Ronald Fisher, Journal of Urban Economics 43, 1998, pp. 444-471,
"School Finance Reform: Proposals, Prospects, and Public Opinion Formation," Public Finance Review 25, 1997, pp. 393-425,
"An Evaluation of the Recent Move to Centralize the Finance of Public Schools in Michigan, with Ronald Fisher, Public Budgeting and Finance 16, 1996, pp. 90-112,
"The Decision to ‘Bid for Business’: Municipal Behavior in Granting Property Tax Abatements," with John Anderson, Regional Science and Urban Economics 25, 1995, pp. 739-757,
"Centralizing Educational Responsibility in Michigan and Other States: New Constraints on States and Localities," with Ronald Fisher, National Tax Journal XLVIII, 1995, pp. 417-428,
"Fiscal Dynamics of Local Elected Officials," with D. K. Bhattacharrya, Public Choice 83, 1995, pp. 221-249,
"Can Local Incentives Alter the Trend in an Urban City's Economic Development," Urban Studies 31, 1994, pp. 1251-1278,
"Property Taxation, Property Base, and Property Value: An Empirical Test of the New View," National Tax Journal XLVI, 1993, pp. 135-160,
"Optimal Mortgage Design When Transaction Costs Constrain Mobility," with Allen Goodman, Journal of Housing Economics 2, 1992, pp. 17-36,
"Property Tax Abatement and the Simultaneous Determination of Local Fiscal Variables in a Metropolitan Area," Land Economics 68, 1992, pp. 263-282,
"Local Fiscal Variables and Intrametropolitan Firm Location: Regression Evidence from the United States and Research Suggestions," Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 8, 1990, pp. 283-296.
2. Book Reviews and Commentary
Book Review of Privileged Spaces: Race, Residence, and the Structure of Opportunity, Gregory Squires and Charles Kubrin, Journal of Urban Affairs, 2008 (forthcoming),
Book Review of Why Not in My Backyard?: Neighborhood Impacts of Deconcentrated Assisted Housing, George Galster et al., Cities Journal 21(4) 2004, pp. 467-68,
Book Review of Improving Educational Productivity, edited by David Monk et al., Economics of Education Review, December 2003, pp. 651-652,
"Metropolitan Prosperity from Major League Sports in the CBD: Stadia Location or Just Strength of Central City?" Comment on Arthur C. Nelson's "Prosperity or Blight? A Question of Major League Stadia Location," Economic Development Quarterly, August 2001, pp. 266-271,
Book Review of Making Money Matter: Financing America's Schools, edited by Helen F. Ladd and Janet S. Hansen, Economics of Education Review, December 2000, pp. 609-611,
Book Review of Fiscal Equalization for State and Local Government Finance, edited by John E. Anderson, Economics of Education Review, July 2000, pp. 451-452,
"State-Local Fiscal Policy and Economic Development," with Ronald Fisher, Commentary, National Tax Association Forum, Winter 1992, pp. 1-5.
3. Non-Refereed Journals:
"Taxes, Expenditures, Ideology, and Happiness," with Ted Lascher and Stephan Kroll, State Tax Notes, March 19, 2007,
"The 'Roller Coaster' of California State Budgeting After Proposition 13," Fiscal Research Center Report #131, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, July 2006,
"An Analysis of Subsidies and Other Options to Expand Tire Recycling/Diversion in California," Resource Recycling, September 2002,
"Why Growth?," Urban Land Institute Working Paper on Land Use Policy, 2002,
"Growth and Sprawl in California," Californiana, The Newsletter of the Center for California Studies, CSUS, V. 11, No. 2, Fall 2001, pp. 2-3,
"Defining Sprawl: An Academic Look at the Economic Tradeoffs Associated with Growth," Comstock's Business, November 2001, pp. 20-21, 81,
"Are Local Economic Development Incentives Effective in an Urban Area?," State Tax Notes, February 14, 2000, pp. 515-523,
"Local Financing Options for Urban Governments," State Tax Notes, January 19, 1998, pp. 197-200,
"The Forgotten Element in the High Tax /Low Growth Argument," State Tax Notes, December 9, 1991, pp. 521-23.
C. Chapters Published in Books:
"The Increasing Use of Property Tax Abatement as a Means of Promoting State and Local Economic Activity in the United States," forthcoming in a yet untitled book, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy,
"An Economic View of the Causes as Well as the Costs and Some of the Benefits of Urban Spatial Segregation," entry in Desegregating the City: Ghettos, Enclaves, and Inequality, Edited by David Varady, State University of New York Press, 2005, pp. 158-174,
"The Influence of Local Fiscal Choices and Growth Control Choices on Bog-Box Sprawl in the American West," entry in The Property Tax, Land Use, and Land Use Regulation, Edited by Dick Netzer, Edward Elgar Press, 2003, pp. 88-121,
"Introduction to Property Tax Policy," entry in Course 402: Property Tax Policy Student Reference Manual, International Association of Assessing Officers, 2003, pp., 1-55,
"Urban Devolution and Metropolitan Local Governance in California's Next Half Century of Growth," entry in Building a Civil Society: Separate Geographies, Shared Destinies, Edited by Ali Modares and Evelyn G. Aleman, Pat Brown Institute (CSULA) and Center for California Studies (CSUS), 2003, pp. 67-95,
"Commuter Taxes," entry in Encyclopedia of Taxation and Tax Policy, Edited by Joseph Cordes et al., Urban Institute Press, 1999 and 2005.
D. Papers Published in Conference Proceedings:
"Community Planning Councils as a Way to Satisfy the Tieboutian Drive for Local Control," Proceedings of the 100th Annual Conference on Taxation, Columbus, OH.: National Tax Association, 2007, forthcoming,
"Are Local Economic Development Incentives Effective in an Urban Area?" Proceedings of the 92nd Annual Conference on Taxation, Atlanta, GA.: National Tax Association, 1999, pp. 469-480,
"Thoughts on Innovative Financing Options for Urban Governments, " Proceedings of the 90th Annual Conference on Taxation, Chicago, IL: National Tax Association, 1997, pp. 387-392,
"The Use and Abuse of Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area," Proceedings of the 86th Annual Conference on Taxation, St. Paul, MN: National Tax Association, 1993, pp. 146-157,
"Taxes, Property Tax Abatement, Expenditure, and the Composition of Property Bases in Communities Within a Metropolitan Area," Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Conference on Taxation, Columbus, Ohio: National Tax Association, 1990, pp. 132-140.
E. Instructional Materials Formally Published
Two entries in the book: Great Ideas for Teaching Economics, Edited by Ralph Byrns and Gerald Stone, New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992.
F. General-Audience Policy Writing (Last 10 Years):
"Ending Budget Thrill Ride," Sunday Forum Section, Sacramento Bee, May 7, 2006,
A Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Auburn Boulevard Revitalization Project, with Susan Catron, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, February, 2005,
"Two Different Worlds: Where Resources are Greatest, Needs are the Fewest," Sunday Forum Section, Sacramento Bee, August 1, 2004,
A Regional View of Social Disparities: A Visual Examination of the Socio-Economic Status of the Greater Sacramento Region; with Katrina Middleton, Tina Glover, Kelly Grieve, and Terrie Chrysler; Community Services Planning Council, May, 2004,
Evaluation of Alternatives to the City's Gross Receipts Business Tax, Commissioned report for the City of Los Angles, Office of Finance, co-authored with Burr Consulting, et al., January, 2004,
K-12 Education in the U.S. Economy: Its Impact on Economic Development, Earnings, and Housing Values, Commissioned Report for National Education Association, September 2003,
"Learning From Atlanta: Others Errors Can Lead Us to Better Choices," with Robert Fountain, Sunday Forum Section, Sacramento Bee, November 24, 2002,
An Analysis of Subsidies and Other Options to Expand Tire Recycling/Diversion in California, Commissioned report for the California Integrated Waste Management Board with the assistance of CSUS PPA graduate students, 2002,
"Policy Lessons from California Public Schools that Achieve Higher than Expected," Commissioned report for the California Senate Office of Research with the assistance of Rosie Papazian and Kim Connor, 2002,
"Why Sprawl Flourishes, Cities Don't: State's Sales Tax Formula Costs Downtowns Billions. Sacramento is Exhibit A," Sunday Forum Section, Sacramento Bee, August 5, 2001,
"An Analysis of Regional Revenue Sharing Restructuring Proposals," with Eric Hays and Mat Newman, CSU Faculty Research Fellows and California Institute for County Government, CA Assembly Speaker Hertzberg's Commission on Regionalism, Sacramento, 2001,
"Urban Sprawl in a U.S. Metropolitan Area: Ways to Measure and a Comparison to Similar Areas in California and the United States," Capital Region Institute and Valley Vision, Sacramento, 2000,
"Implications of the Current System of Incentives for County Property Tax Administration in California," with Matthew Newman and Colleen Moore, California Institute for County Government, Center for California Studies, California State University, Sacramento, 2000,
"An Evaluation of California’s Proposition 224: Cost Saving and Taxpayer Protecting, Or Time Delaying and Bureaucracy Enhancing?" with Deborah Franklin, California Building Industry Association, 1998,
"Doling Out the Bonds: The Use of Tax Exempt Bonds for Affordable Housing," The Summary Report from the Interim Hearing of the Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development, California State Legislature, 1997,
II. RESEARCH
A. Funded Research (Last 10 Years):
Sacramento County, "A Statistical Analysis of the 2006 Community Survey of Sacramento County's Community Planning Councils Pilot Project, with Meta Research, $4,000, 2006,
California Integrated Waste Management Board, "Waste Tire Generation, Diversion, and Disposal Study," with Matt Newman and Blue Sky Consulting, $100,000, 2006,
University of California, Davis Health Care System, "An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Care Connection Project," with CSUS PPA Student Lucinda Winward, $24,000, 2006,
Hewlett Capacity Building Grant, "A Prospectus on How to Conduct a Benefit/Cost Assessment of the Sacramento Water Forum," $5,000, 2005,
Local Initiatives Support Corporation, "A Benefit/Cost Assessment of the Auburn Boulevard Revitalization Effort," with CSUS MPPA student Susan Catron, $3,500, 2004,
National Education Association, "K-12 Education in the U.S. Economy: Its Impact on Economic Development, Earnings, and Housing Values," $25,000, 2003,
The Field Poll, "Californian's Opinion on Urban
Sprawl in Their State," $1,000 and 10 Questions on Statewide Opinion Poll, 2002,
California Integrated Waste Management Board, "Economic
Alternatives to Encourage Greater Scrap Tire Recycling in the State of
California," in association with CSUS PPA Master's
Students, $48,000, Fall 2001 and Winter 2002,
California Senate Office of Research, "Characteristics of High Performing K-12 School Sites" and "Factors that Influence CA Community College Transfer Rates," $10,000 plus 2 course buyout, Summer 2001 through Spring 2002,
Urban Land Institute, "Benefits of Growth," $6,000, 2000-2001,
Faculty Research Fellows, "The Connection Between Local Government Finance and the Generation of Urban Sprawl in California," Senate Office of Research Grant, $22,000, 2000-20001,,
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "The Nexus Between Local Fiscal Choices and Urban Sprawl in California and the United States, Taxation of Land and Buildings Grant, $21,000, 2000-2001,
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), "Causes of Fiscal Stress in California Counties," Extramural Research Project, with Charles Anders, $11,000, 1997-1998,
Upjohn Institute, "The Efficacy of Local Economic Development Incentives In a Metropolitan Area,'" $20,000, with John Anderson, 1996-1998,
B. Fellowships / Grants / Special Awards (Last 10 Years):
Research Enhancement Grant, School Of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, CSUS, $5,000, 2003,
Community Service Learning Grant, CSUS, To Incorporate Community-Based Service Learning into Two Courses I Teach, $2,500, 1998-99,
Pedagogical Enhancement Grant, CSUS, Reformulate the Teaching of Public Policy Quantitative Methods (Regression Analysis), Course Relief, Spring, 1997,
Project/Activity Grant from California State University, Sacramento Foundation; Organize Public Policy Seminar Series, $1800, 1995-99.
III. TEACHING
A. Academic Years at California State University, Sacramento:
Twelve (1995-2007).
B. Academic Years at Other Universities:
Six (1989-95), Wayne State University,
One (1988-89), Eastern Michigan University.
C. Courses Taught (Last 10 Years)
1. Undergraduate:
State and Local Public Finance, WSU; Taxation, WSU; Public Finance, WSU; Intermediate Macroeconomics, WSU; Introductory Microeconomics, Mass Lecture and Single, WSU and CSUS; Introductory Macroeconomics, Mass Lecture, WSU.
2. Graduate:
Applied Economic Analysis I, (Intermediate Micro and Cost/Benefit Analysis for Public Policy Students), CSUS; Applied Economic Analysis II, (Public Economics for Policy Students), CSUS; Urban Problems, Economics, and Public Policy, CSUS; Quantitative Methods (Regression Analysis), CSUS; Doctoral Public Finance (Taxation), WSU; Doctoral Math Economics, WSU.
D. Theses / Dissertations Directed:
2008: Josh Rosa, MPPA, Inclusionary Housing in Sacramento County: Costs, Benefits, and Politics, CSUS; Angela Owens, MPPA, Reaching Standard or Standing Still? The Impact of No Child Left Behind, CSUS; Maya Wallace, MPPA, Teacher Quality, Student Achievement and Performance Pay: A Charter High School Study, CSUS;Eric Guerra, MPPA, A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Route-710 Tunnel Concept, CSUS;
2007: Winnie Fong, MPPA, From Urban Sprawl to Sprawling Waistlines, CSUS; Tonia Walton Simon, MPPA, Closing the Achievement Gap: A New Perspective, CSUS; Jessica Brandt, MPPA, Is Incorporation the Answer? An Argument for Systematic Jurisdictional Modification in Sacramento County, CSUS; Edward Hard, MPPA, Urban Containment in the American West: An Effective or Misguided Policy?, CSUS; William F. Padilla, MPPA, Labor Market Consequences of Urban Sprawl, CSUS; Jean-Marie McKinney, MPPA, Teacher Compensation: An Evaluation of Teacher Salary and Student Performance, CSUS; Leslie Taylor, MPPA, Predicting Academic Achievement by the Physical Condition of Facilities in California's Schools, CSUS;
2006: Lucinda Winward, MPPA, Emergency Room Overcrowding: Policy, Problems, and Potential Solutions, CSUS; Donielle Jackson, MPPA, If You Build It, Will They Come?: An Examination of Light Rail in the Greater Sacramento Area?, CSUS; Elisa Legarra, MPPA, Aligning California's Drug Medi-Cal Rates with the Costs of Services, CSUS; Emily Franciskovich, MPPA, Conservation Easements in California: An Assessment of Acquisition Strategies, CSUS; Michael Applegarth, MPPA, Public Opinion and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, CSUS;
2005: Susan Catron, MPPA, Beyond the Basics: The Effects of Curricular Enrichment on School-Wide Student Achievement, CSUS; Dawn Cornelius, MPPA, An Evaluation of the Pupil, Nutrition, Health, and Achievement Act of 2001 (Senate Bill 19), CSUS; Shauna Johnson, MPPA, The Residue of Urban Sprawl: Examining the Effects of Decentralization on Poor, Central City Residents, CSUS; Brian Salverson, MPPA, Competitive Sourcing in the Department of State: Articulating a Strategy for Moving Forward, CSUS; Colin Grinnell, MPPA, An Analysis of Alternatives to Fund Department of Water Resources Electricity Power Purchasing Debt, CSUS; Sylvia Rodriguez, MPPA, Medi-Cal Reform: An Analysis of the Policy Alternatives for Seniors and People with Disabilities, CSUS; David Edwards, MPPA, Fiscalization of Land Use: Local Government Taxes and Urban Sprawl, CSUS; Adrienne Shilton, MPPA, Financing Mental Health Care in California, CSUS;
2004: Nicole Kimbrough, MPPA, Desalination: Satisfying CA's Insatiable Appetite for Water, CSUS; Christin Wegener, MPPA, Disintegration of Mass Transit Systems As a Consequence of Urban Sprawl, CSUS; Noelle Mattock, MPPA, Resolving the Appearance of Local Agency Formations Commissions Violating a Statutory Ban on Making Direct Land Use Decisions, CSUS; Sharyn Lais, MPPA, The Impact of Urban Sprawl on Urban Area Traffic Congestion, CSUS; Molly Rattigan, MPPA, A Place to Call Home: A Cost Effective Analysis of the La Verne Adolfo Housing Program, CSUS; Jeffrey Scott, MPPA, Urban Sprawl and Its Impact on Central Place Population, CSUS; Michael Strong, MPPA, California and the Decreasing Crime Rate, CSUS; Leslie McGorman, MPPA, Urban Growth Boundaries in the Midwest: A Real Solution to Urban Sprawl?, CSUS; Michelle Baass, MPPA, Urban Sprawl's Impact on Housing Prices, CSUS; Lindsay Callahan, MPPA, Learning Support Programs and Academic Achievement, CSUS;
2003: Mary Susan Barbosa, MPPA, Voluntary Contributions to Public Elementary Schools, CSUS; Robbin Lewis-Coaxum, MPPA, Eliminating the SAT I: Impact on UC Underrepresented Minority Admission, CSUS; Christine Groth Weichert, MPPA, Does Home Ownership Effect Crime?, CSUS;
2002: Roslyn McClain, MPPA, Tobacco Use: The American Pandemic, CSUS; Victoria Stuart, MPPA, An Analysis of Policy Alternatives to Promote California Tire Recycling Markets, CSUS; Nicole Lawrence, MPPA, The California Scrap Tire Problem, CSUS; Jeannette Radavice, MPPA, The Waste Tire Problem in California, CSUS; Neal Allen, MPPA, Elementary Education in Sacramento County: Inputs and Outputs, CSUS; Craig Cross, MPPA, Metering, Proximity, and Urban Water Consumption in California Municipalities, MPPA;
2001: Mark James, MPPA, The Use of Cement Kilns in the Reduction of California's Surplus Scrap Tires, CSUS; Colleen Moore, MPPA, Estimating the Impact of a recession on County Governments in California, CSUS; Yvette Quiroga, MPPA, Urban Sprawl in the Fresno/Madera Region, CSUS; Aaron Ferguson, MPPA, Water Allocation in CA: Exploring the Alternatives, CSUS; Russ Powell, MPPA, City Self Reliance and Self Determination: A Taxing Matter, CSUS; Jamie Burnette, MPPA, Reducing Placement Failure Rates: The Development of an Efficient Juvenile Placement Assessment Mechanism for Sacramento County, CSUS; Frank Riley, MPPA, Toward Solutions for California's Waste Tire Recycling, MPPA;
2000: Gil Velazquez, MPPA, The Encouragement of Regional Industry Clusters: Does it Benefit the Unemployed or Poor in CA?, CSUS; Janet Jenderjack, MPPA, A Study of Child Abuse and Neglect: Determination and Assessment of Risk factors, CSUS; Christie Hendrickson, MPPA, English Language and Ethnic Factors Affecting Differences in Average School District Test Scores in California, CSUS; Erin Riches, MPPA, The Relationship Between Alcohol Availability and Crime in California Cities, CSUS; Heidi Wackerli, MPPA, Capturing the Community Voice: An Exploration of Community Needs Assessment, CSUS; Jeff Johnson, MPPA, The Effectiveness of Community Services in Reducing the Recurrence of Child Maltreatment, CSUS; Stephanie Jamelskie, MPPA, Quantifying the Benefits of Curbside Recycling, CSUS; Ann-Marie Flores, MPPA, Why Do School Bonds Pass in California?, CSUS;
1999: Deborah Franklin, MPPA, Teenage Birthrates in California Counties: What Really Matters, CSUS; Matt Sutton, MPPA, An Inventory and Analysis of Initiatives to Enhance Business Climate in California, CSUS;
1998: Daniel Scruggs, MPPA, The Sacramento Decisions Project: A Geographic and Demographic Voter Analysis, CSUS; Lisa Martin, MPPA, Redevelopment Activity in Oak Park, CSUS; Richard Funderberg, MPPA, Unemployment Insurance Coverage in California, CSUS; Charles Anders, MPPA, An Inquiry into the Causes of County Fiscal Stress in California, CSUS;
1997: Michael Keenan, MPPA, Pacific Rim Export Manual for Small Environmental Consulting Firms, CSUS; Paula Vlamings, MPPA, California’s Role in the Rising Cost of Death Penalty Representation in the 9th Circuit, CSUS; Ann Wangberg, MPPA, Effects of the Threat of Academic Receivership in CA, CSUS; Matt Almy, MPPA, The Sacramento Ballpark, CSUS; Nancy Tronaas, MPPA, Opportunities and Constraints for the Privatization of Transit Services in the Sacramento Region, CSUS; Karen Stafford, A Needs Analysis fot the Development of a Health Care Public Policy and Administrative Graduate Program in Sacramento Region, CSUS; Bwagu Ndugga, PhD (Co-chair with Allen Goodman), The Economic Effects of Michigan’s 1994 School Finance Reform: A Computational General Equilibrium Analysis, WSU,
1996: James Herota, MPPA, Using Action Research to Conduct a Program Evaluation of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation..., CSUS; Mary Farr, MPPA, An Assessment of California’s Integrated Waste Management Board, CSUS; Daniel Davis, MPPA, Capital Budgeting and Cash Flow Estimation in California’s Airport and Seaport Industries, CSUS; Linnette Abbot, MPPA, Managing Engineers at Caltrans in the 21st Century, MPPA.
E. Course or Curriculum Development (Last 10 Years):
Applied Economic Analysis I, Reformulation from Intermediate Microeconomics to an Emphasis on Microeconomic Policy and Cost/Benefit Analysis, CSUS, 1997,
Urban Problems, Economics, and Public Policy; CSUS, 1996.
F. Course Materials:
A Course on Teaching the Concepts of Urban Land Development, Urban Sprawl, and Smart Growth from an Economic Perspective, Invited by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to submit model syllabus to web site on "Teaching Smart Growth at Colleges and Universities: A set of model course prospectuses," http://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/courses , 2006,
A Regional View of Social Disparities, Developed in Association with the Health and Human Services Institute, Sacramento, 2004,
1977-92 Metropolitan Detroit Area Fiscal Data and Correlations, Developed through a 1994 Summer Grant from Wayne State’s College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs; Used in State and Local Public Finance.
IV. CONFERENCE ACTIVITY (Last 10 Years)
A. Conference Sessions Chaired/Organized
Social Welfare and Public Finance, 99th Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Boston, 2006,
School of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies Colloquium, "Can We Get Off the California State Government Fiscal Roller Coaster?," CSUS, 2006,
Local Government and Authority Fiscal Issues, Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association, Las Vegas, 2003,
School of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies Colloquium, "No Way LA: Can the Sacramento Region Survive its Own Growth?," CSUS, 2001,
Urban, Regional Analysis, and Policy Session; Annual Meeting of Western Economic Association, San Francisco, 2001,
Tax Determination with Sub-national Competition Session, 93rd Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Santa Fe, 2000,
Local Public Finance Session; and Education and Technological Change Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Vancouver, 2000,
Linking Academics to Public Policy in California Session, Links Conference, Sacramento, California, April, 1999,
The Economic Analysis of State and Local Public Policy in California Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Lake Tahoe, 1998,
Urban Development and Change Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Seattle, 1997.
B. Papers Presented
1. At International or National Conference:
"An Empirical Test of the Success of Community Planning Councils as a Way to satisfy the Tieboutian Drive for Local Control," Local Finance Issues Session, 100th Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Columbus, 2007,
"The Increasing Use of Property Tax Abatement as a Means of Promoting State and Local Economic Activity in the United States," Conference on Property Tax Base Erosion, Sponsored by Lincoln Institute and George Washington University's Institute of Public Policy, Washington, DC, October 2007,
"State and Local Tax and Expenditure Choices as Determinants of Individual Happiness," Social Welfare and Public Finance Session, 99th Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Boston, 2006,
"The 'Roller Coaster' of California State Budgeting After Proposition 13," invited paper presented to Fiscal Relations and Fiscal Conditions Conference, Andrew Young School of Public Policy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2006,
"The Impact of Statewide Growth Management and Local Urban Containment Policies on the Size of United States Urbanized Areas," invited paper presented to Critical Issues Symposium on State and Local Government Regulations and Economic Development, Devoe L. Moore Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 2005,
"Local Fiscal Structure as a Cause of Urban Sprawl in the United States," Local Economic Development Session, 97th Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Minneapolis, 2004,
"Urban Sprawl's Impact on Housing Prices in U.S. Urban Areas," Suburbanization and It's Discontents Session. 26th Annual APPAM Research Conference, Atlanta, 2004,
"Retail Sprawl, Urban Containment, and the Fiscalization of Land Use in the Western United States," Spatial Aspects of State and Local Public Finance Session, 94th Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Baltimore, 2001,
"The Economics of the Causes and Benefits/Costs of Urban Spatial Segregation," Segregation in the City Conference, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA, Summer 2001,
"Retail Sprawl, Urban Containment, and the 'Fiscalization' of Land Use in the Western United States," Urban Sprawl Session, Urban Affairs Association Annual Meeting, Detroit, 2001,
"Retail Sprawl in the Western United States: An Empirical Test of the Fiscalization of Land Use," Urban Sprawl and Land Policy Session, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, ASSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2001,
"Bidding for Business: New Evidence on the Use of Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area," Economic Development Session, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, ASSA Annual Meeting, Boston, 2000,
"Are Local Economic Development Incentives Effective in an Urban Area?" 92nd Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, The Effectiveness of State and Local Tax Incentives Session, 1999,
"Experiences with Tax Increment Financing," 5th International Conference on Local Government Property Taxation, Jointly Sponsored by the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1999,
"Bidding for Business: Literature on the Use of Economics Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area and Some New Evidence," Economic Development: A Focus on Policy Session, Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Louisville, 1999,
"Are Local Economic Development Incentives Effective," with John Anderson, Property and Income Tax Effects Session, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, ASSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1998.
2. At Regional Conference:
"The Influence of Local Fiscal Structure and Growth Choices on Big Box Urban Sprawl in the American West," Local Government and Authority Fiscal Issues Session, Annual Meeting of Western Social Science Association, Las Vegas, 2003,
"Retail Urban Sprawl in the Western United States: An Empirical Test of the Fiscalization of Land Use," Land Economics Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, San Francisco, 2001,
"Time, Tiebout and Transition in the Structure of Local Governments in the U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Local Public Finance Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Vancouver, 2000,
"Proposition 13: Consequences and Considerations," California’s Taxing Evolution: The Legacy of Proposition 13, Tenth Annual Envisioning California Conference, Sacramento, 1998,
"Explaining the Fiscal Crisis in California Counties," The Economic Analysis of State and Local Public Policy in California Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Lake Tahoe, 1998,
"Economic Influences on the Dynamic Structure of Local Governments in U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Urban Development and Change Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Seattle, 1997,
"Assessing the Impact of Local Economic Development Incentives," The Success and Failure of State and local Government Policy Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economic Association, Seattle, 1997.
C. Invited Seminars or Lectures:
"Causes of Urban Sprawl (Decentralization): Natural Evolution, Flight From Blight, and Fiscalization of Land Use," Department of Economics, University of Nevada, Reno,
"Urban Devolution and Metropolitan Local Governance in California's Next Half Century of Growth," 10th Annual California Policy Issues Conference, Pat Brown Institute, CSULA, 2002,
"A Regional View of Social Disparities," Navigating the Future Conference, Health and Human Services Institute, Sacramento, 2002,
"The Use of Subsidies to Encourage Tire Recycling in California," Western Regional Tire Recycling Conference, Palm Springs, 2002,
"High Performing Schools in Low Income Communities," Great Valley Annual Conference, Sacramento, 2002,
"Retail Sprawl, Urban Containment, and the 'Fiscalization' of Land Use in the Western United States," Sacramento Chapter of American Society for Public Administration, USC-Sacrmento Center, 2001,
"Bidding for Business: New Evidence on the Effect of Locally Offered Economic Development Incentives in a Metropolitan Area," San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Economic Seminar, University of California - Irvine Regional Planning Seminar, 2000,
"Capital Mobility and the Impact of Threat Effects on Public Finances," Ford Foundation Seminar, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2000,
"Causes of Fiscal Stress in California Counties," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April, 1999; California Senate Office of Research Seminar at State Capital, December, 1998; Public Policy Institute of California’s Brown Bag Seminar, 1998.
D. Discussant Activity:
Local Public Finance With and Without Constraints; and Geographically Based Taxes and Tax Incentives, Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association, Boston, 2006,
Local Government Finance Decisions and Financial Circumstances, Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association, Miami, 2005,
Location of Economic Activity, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Meeting at ASSA, New Orleans, 2001,
Who Claims Tax Subsidies? Session, 93rd Annual Conference on Taxation, National Tax Association, Santa Fe, 2000,
Local Public Finance Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economics Association, Vancouver, 2000,
Show Me the Money! Session, Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Louisville, 1999,
Cities and Policy Advice Session, Annual Meeting of National Tax Association, Austin, 1998,
Deficits, Surplus, and Government Spending Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economics Association, Lake Tahoe, 1998,
Issues in Taxation Session, National Tax Association Meeting at ASSA, Chicago, 1998,
Fiscal Competition and Firm Location Session, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Meeting at ASSA, Chicago, 1998,
Innovative Financing Options for Urban Governments, Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association, Chicago, 1997,
Urban Transportation Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Economics Association, Seattle, 1997.
V. SERVICE (Last 10 Years)
A. Committee Assignments
1. University Committee Membership:
Ramona Village Faculty and Staff Housing Advisory Board, CSUS, 2007-Present,
Joseph Serna Center Advisory Committee Member, CSUS, 2006-Present,
Advisory Committee Member for CSUS Independent Education Doctorate Proposal, 2006-Present,
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Search, CSUS, 2004,
Satellite Campus Planning Committee, CSUS, 2003-Present,
Member of Faculty Senate, CSUS, 2002-2004,
Special Task Force on Parking and Transportation, CSUS, Spring 2002,
Research and Creative Activity Review Board, CSUS, University-Wide Committee, 1997-99, 2001-04,
Administrative Review Board, CSUS, 1999-2002,
Office of Community Collaboration, CSUS, Appointed Member of Executive Board, 1999-2001,
Judicial Review Board, CSUS, University-Wide Committee, 1997-98,
Lottery Fund Review Committee, CSUS, University-Wide Committee, 1996-97.
2. College / Department Committees Chaired:
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies; Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Secondary Committees B and C; CSUS, 2002-07, (Chair of B, 2003-04 and 2006-07), (Chair of C, 2004-05).
Public Policy and Administration Library Committee, CSUS, 1996-Present,
Public Policy and Administration Student Recruitment Committee, CSUS, 1996-Present.
3. College / Department Committees Membership:
College of Business Administration, Urban Land Development Faculty Search Committee Member, CSUS, 2005,
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies Faculty Council, Elected Member, CSUS, 1999-2002,
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies Undergraduate Public Policy and Administration Committee, CSUS, 1999-2001,
College of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies Curriculum Committee, CSUS, 1998-1999,
Economic Department’s Graduate Education Committee, CSUS, 1995-1999.
B. Positions Held in Professional Associations:
Chair of Committee on Local Non-Property Taxation, National Tax Association, 1994-95. (Organizer of Session at National Conference and Spokesperson regarding NTA Policy on Issue).
C. Professional Consultation
1. Public Presentation as an Expert in Discipline:
"Focus on Urban Sprawl," KIVIE Channel 6 Public Television Spot and Sacramento State Promotion Video, Spring 2006, http://www.csus.edu/pa/focus/UrbanSprawl_WM.htm,
"Population Growth, Traffic, and Affordable Housing," Smart Growth Forum, Community Presentation, Sponsored by Carville Sierra, Inc., June 2006,
"An Urban Limit Line for the City of Woodland: Pros and Cons," Community Presentation, Sponsored by the Latino Community Council, the Woodland League of Women Voters, and Woodlanders for Responsible Government, April 2006,
"The Incorporation of New Cities in the Sacramento Region," Radio Interview, Insight Program, FM89.5 (Capital Public Radio), July 2005,
"Causes of Urban Sprawl: With an Update on How Nevada and Northern California Compares," Truckee Meadows Livable Communities Lecture Series, Reno, NV, March 2005,
"An Effective Revenue/Service Match," "Revenue and Growth," and "Right-Sizing Government;" The Detroit Economic Forum, Organized by Mayor Kilpatrick, January 2005,
"Sacramento's Blueprint Project to Reduce Sprawl," Radio Interview, Insight Program, FM89.5 (Capital Public Radio), October 2004,
"Disparity in the Sacramento Region," Radio interview, FM100.5 (Zone) and FM89.5 (Capital Public Radio), Spring 2004,
"Voter's Guide to Proposition 57 and 58," Television Interview, KTVU Channel 2, Oakland, CA, February 2004,
"Diversity in a Regional Context," Greater Sacramento Diversity Summit, Sponsored by KVIE Channel 6 and Allstate Insurance, November 2003,
"Pre-Debate Workshop for the Media," California Recall Election, CSUS, October 2003,
"Numbers Don't Lie: Accurately Using Statistics and Graphs to Address Public Policy Concerns," Meeting of National Conference of State Legislatures, Sacramento, 2002,
"Local verses Regional Government Control," Meeting of International Council of Shopping Centers, Sacramento, 2001,
"Urban Sprawl, Fiscalization of Land Use, and AB 680," Meeting of Northern Division of California League of Cities, Truckee, CA, 2001,
"The Development Path of the Sacramento Region," Half Hour Radio Interview, FM 100.5 (Zone) and FM 96.1 (Mix), Sacramento, 2001,
"An Economist's Perspective on Urban Sprawl and the 'Fiscalization of Land Use' in California," California Senate Office of Research and California Research Bureau, 2001,
"Digital Governance: Issues for Elected Officials and City Managers," Opening Session, 6th Annual Cities of the Future Conference, Sacramento Convention Center, 1999,
"Suburban Sprawl," Regional Public and Elected Officials Forum 1999, Valley Vision, Sacramento Convention Center, 1999,
"Multiple Regression Analysis as a Tool for Policy Analysis," California Senate Office of Research, December, 1998,
"Matt Fong’s Flat Tax Proposal," News Conference with Senator Barbara Boxer and California State Controller Kathleen Connell, Sacramento, 1998,
"Housing Decline in Sacramento City Neighborhoods," Public Radio KXJZ and KXPR, At Issue Program, Sacramento, 1998.
2. Testimony before Public Bodies:
"Disparity in the Sacramento Region," Legislative Committee, Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), 2004,
"What Role Should Tax Expenditure Program Evaluations Play in the Budget Process," Assembly Committees on Revenue and Taxation; and Jobs Economic Development, and the Economy, 2003,
"An Argument for Local Sales Tax Revenue Sharing in the Sacramento Region," Assembly and Senate Committee on Local Government, Sacramento, 2001 and 2001,
"Better Ways to Allocate Property Taxes in California," Senate Committee on Local Government, Sacramento, 1999,
"Challenges Faced by the Sacramento Region," Capital Region Institute, Valley Vision’s Board of Directors, Sacramento, 1998,
"Optimal Use of Tax-Exempt Bonds for Affordable Housing in CA," California Assembly Housing and Community Development Commission, 1997.
3. Consulting to Public Agencies, Foundations, Professional Associations:
Sacramento High School and CEO Kevin Johnson, "Productivity of Specific Teachers in Specific Disciplines," 2006-Present,
Urban Land Institute, "Exploring the Linkage Between Residential Density and Affordability," 2006-Present,
City of Detroit and the Office of Mayor Kilpatrick, "Solution to the City's Fiscal Stress," 2004-Present,
Community Services Planning Council, Sacramento, 2002-Present,
City of Los Angeles, "Reforming the System of Business Taxation," with Beverly Burr, 2003-2005,
California Futures Network, "Growth in California," 2002-Present,
Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, "Atlanta Study Mission," October 2002,
Sacramento American Lung Association, "Local Urban Land Use Issues," 2002-Present,
Sacramento Transportation and Air Quality Collaborative, "Local Finance and Urban Land Use Issues," 2002-Present,
California Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, "Local Finance and Urban Land Use Issues," 2000-2004,
Institute for Research on Women and Families, Sacramento, 1998-Present,
Valley Vision, "Regional Growth," Sacramento, 1997-Present,
Real Estate and Land Use Institute, CSUS, 1996-Present,
Senate Select Committee on Economic Development, California Legislature, 1996-Present.
4. Consulting to Private Enterprises
Michael Reedy, "Tax Increment Financing for New San Diego City Hall," Attorney at Law; McManus, Faulkner, and Morgan; San Jose, 1999-2002.
D. Member of Journal Editorial Board
Economic Development Quarterly
Public Finance and Management
E. Reviewer/Referee Activity
Reviewer:
Academic Press,
Ameregis (Myron Orfield's Regional Consulting Firm),
Blackwell Publishing,
Congressional Quarterly Press,
University of California Policy Seminar,
McGraw Hill,
National Science Foundation,
Pearson/Addison Wesley,
Prentice Hall,
Public Policy Institute of California,
South-Western Publishing/Thomson Learning,
University of Alabama Press.
Journal Referee:
California Politics and Policy,
Contemporary Economic Policy,
Eastern Economics Journal,
Economics of Education Review,
Economic Development Quarterly,
Economics of Governance,
Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design,
Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy,
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics,
Journal of the American Planning Association,
Journal of Economic Education,
Journal of Law and Border Studies,
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management,
Journal of Regional Science,
Journal of Urban Economics,
National Tax Journal,
Policy Studies Journal,
Public Finance and Management,
Public Finance Review (Quarterly),
Real Estate Economics,
Southern Economic Review,
State and Local Government Review,
Urban Affairs Review (Quarterly),
Urban Studies.
F. Newspaper Quotes since 2006:
AP Wire Service, Capital Morning Report, Cincinnati Post, Commercial Property News, Contra Costa Times, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Fairfield Republic, Marysville Yuba City Appeal Democrat, Prosper: The Business Magazine, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, Reno Gazette Journal, Stockton Record.
VI. REFERENCES
Professor John Anderson, (402) 472-1190, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, janderso@unlinfo.unl.edu,
Professor Robin Boyle, (313) 577-5071, Associate Dean; College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, rmboyle@cms.cc.wayne.edu,
Professor Jeff Chapman, (480) 965-1046, Director, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 870603, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, jeffrey.chapman@asu.edu,
Ms. Elisabeth Kersten, (916) 445-1727, Past Director, Senate Office of Research, California Legislature, 1020 N Street, Suite 2000, Sacramento, California 95814, EKersten@aol.com,
Professor Ronald Fisher, (517) 353-4582, Department of Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, fisherr1@pilot.msu.edu,
Professor Ted Lascher, (916) 278-4864, Chairperson, Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration, California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California 95819-6081, tedl@csus.edu,
Professor Ken Small, (714) 824-5788, Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California 92697, ksmall@uci.edu,
Professor David Sjoquist, (404) 651-3990, Policy Research Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, sjoquist@gsu.edu.