Curriculum Vitae
REVISED: January 14, 2010
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Department of Public Policy and
Administration
California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)
Sacramento, California 95819-6081
Phone: (916) 278-6304, Cell: (916) 752-2910 Fax: (916)
278-6544, E-Mail: rwassme@csus.edu
Web Site: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/w/wassmerr/
FIELDS: Public Economics/Policy, Urban
Economics/Policy, and State and Local Public Finance
PRESENT RANK AND DATE OF RANK:
Professor, California State University, Sacramento, 2000
TENURED: 1999
APPOINTMENTS:
Chairperson, Department of Public Policy and Administration,
CSUS, Summer 2007-Present,
Director, Master's in Urban Land Development, CSUS,
2009-Present,
Interim Associate Director, CSUS Independent Doctorate in
Education, Spring 2009-Fall 2009,
Core Faculty, CSUS, Independent Doctorate in Education,
2007-Present,
Core Faculty, Central Area North Doctorate in Education
Leadership (CANDEL), CSUS/UCDavis/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.
PERSONAL: 48 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:
Nominated member of Lambda Alpha International (The Honor Society
for the Advancement of Land Economics), 2010- ,
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,
Nominee from CSUS (Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public
Services), California State University Wang Family Excellence Award, 2004,
2005,
President's Award for Research and Creative Activity, CSUS,
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:
"Sub-National Fiscal Activity as a Determinant of
Individual Happiness: Ideology Matters," with Stephan Kroll and Ted
Lascher, Journal of Happiness Studies 10, 2009, pp.
563-582,
"Using California's Farmland Preservation Program's to
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions," Cornell Real Estate Review 7,
2009, pp. 26-41,
"What Determines Whether a Manufacturing Firm Locates
and Remains in California?" with Katherine Chalmers and Walter Schwarm, California
Politics and Policy 12, 2008, pp. 27-50,
"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
27, 2008, pp. 536-555,
"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, 2006, pp. 439-62,
"Who Supports Local Growth and Regional Planning to
Deal with Its Consequences," with Ted Lascher, Urban Affairs Review,
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, 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, 2004,
pp. 539-60,
"Lessons from California's Public Elementary Schools
Where Performance Exceeds Expectations," California Politics and
Policy 8, 2004, pp. 44-68,
"Fiscalization of Land Use, Urban Growth Boundaries,
and Non-Central Retail Sprawl in the Western United States," Urban
Studies 39, 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, 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, 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 The Social Impacts of Urban Containment;
Arthur Nelson, Casey Dawkins, and Thomas Sanchez, Journal of the American
Planning Association 74, 2008, pp. 522-23,
Book Review of Privileged Spaces: Race, Residence, and
the Structure of Opportunity, Gregory Squires and Charles Kubrin, Journal
of Urban Affairs 30, 2008, pp. 581-83,
Book Review of Why Not in My Backyard?: Neighborhood
Impacts of Deconcentrated Assisted Housing, George Galster et al.,
Cities Journal 21, 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, 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, 2000, pp. 609-611,
Book Review of Fiscal Equalization for State and Local
Government Finance, edited by John E. Anderson, Economics of
Education Review, 2000, pp. 451-452,
"State-Local Fiscal Policy and Economic Development,"
with Ronald Fisher, Commentary, National Tax Association
Forum, 1992, pp. 1-5.
3. Non-Refereed Journals:
"California's Revenue Roller Coaster after Proposition
13," State Tax Notes, July 21, 2008,
"Taxes, Expenditures, Ideology, and Happiness,"
with Ted Lascher and Stephan Kroll, State Tax Notes, March 19,
2008,
"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 and 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 Effect of Commuter Taxes in U.S. Metropolitan
Areas," entry in Urban and Regional Policy and its Effects (Volume
3), Brookings and Urban Institute, forthcoming in 2010,
"California's State and Local Revenue Structure after
Proposition 13: Is Denial an Appropriate Way to Cope?" entry in State
and Local Fiscal Policy: Thinking Outside the Box, Edited by Sally
Wallace,
Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming in 2010,
“California’s Farmland Preservation Programs, Taxes, and
Furthering the Appropriate Safeguarding of Agriculture at the Urban Fringe to
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions,” entry in Land Use Policy, Edited by Alexander
C. Denman and Oliver M. Penrod, Nova Science Publishers, 2009, Chapter 1,
"The Increasing Use of Property Tax Abatement as a
Means of Promoting State and Local Economic Activity in the United
States," entry in Erosion of the Property Tax Base: Trends, Causes,
and Consequences, Edited by Nancy Augustine, Michael Bell, David Brunori, and Joan Youngman; Lincoln
Institute of Land Policy, 2009, pp. 221-59,
"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, pp. 379 - 391,
"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.
II. RESEARCH
A. Funded Research (Last 10 Years):
Faculty Research Fellows, "What Determines Whether a
Manufacturing Firm Locates and Remains in California (or any State)?" with
Catherine Chalmers and Walter Schwarm, $12,000, 2008,
California Department of Conservation, "California’s
Farmland Preservation Programs, Taxes, and Furthering the Appropriate
Safeguarding of Agriculture at the Urban Fringe to Reduce Greenhouse Gas
Emissions," $8,750, 2008,
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 PPA
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 two 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.
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.
III. TEACHING
A. Academic Years at California State University,
Sacramento:
Fourteen (1995-2009)
B. Academic Years at Other Universities:
Six (1989-95), Wayne State University (WSU),
One (1988-89), Eastern Michigan University.
C. Courses Taught:
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:
Policy and Practice for Education Leaders I, (for Ed.D.
students), CSUS; 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:
2009 (8): Debra
Michel, Successful Side Streets in
Sacramento: An Analysis of Alley Activation Process, CSUS: Emily Roger, MSULD, Spillover Effects of Foreclosures in Sacramento,
CSUS; Becky Mendonsa, MPPA, Who is Using The Emergency Department for
Non-Urgent Care?; CSUS; Jessica
Rewers, MPPA, Identifying the Impact
of Light Rail Station Location on Residential Property Values in the City of
Sacramento, CSUS; Joseph
Karkoski, MPPA, A hedonic Pricing
Model of the Effect of the American River Parkway on Home Prices in Sacramento,
CSUS; Jon Kanemasu, MPPA, Senate
Bill 375 and the Sacramento Region: Will Transit Funding Challenges Derail
Plans for Smart Growth, CSUS; Emily
Issacs, The Future of California's Public Pension System" Riding
the Retirement Wave or Wiping Out? CSUS; David Heitstuman, MPPA, Late Again: What Factors Influence the
CA Legislature's Ability to Pass a Budget on Time?, CSUS;
2008 (6): Christopher
McKinney, MPPA, A Study of Homeless Veterans in Sacramento County, CSUS;
Charles Delgado, MPPA, West
Nile Virus Containment in California: A Cost Benefit Analysis, CSUS; 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 (7): 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 (5): 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 (8): 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 (10): 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 (3): 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 (6): 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 (7): 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 (8): 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 (2): 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 (4): 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 (7): 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 (4): 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 Materials (Last 10 Years):
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.
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.
B. Papers Presented
1. At International or National Conference:
"California's State and Local Revenue Structure After
Proposition 13: Is Denial an Appropriate Way to Cope?," invited paper
presented to Out of the Box State and Local Tax Policy Conference, Andrew Young
School of Public Policy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2008,
"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, 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, 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.
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.
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, 2008,
"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-Sacramento 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:
Business Taxes and Incentives: Balancing Principles and
Objectives, Annual Meeting of National Tax Association, Denver, 2009,
Topics in Property Taxation, Annual Meeting of National Tax
Association, Denver, 2009,
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.
V. SERVICE (Last 10 Years)
A. Committee Assignments
1. University Committee Membership:
Graduate Studies Policy Committee, CSUS, 2008-Present,
Ramona Village Faculty and Staff Housing Advisory Board,
CSUS, 2007-2008,
Joseph Serna Center Advisory Committee Member, CSUS,
2006-2008,
Advisory Committee Member for CSUS Independent Education
Doctorate Proposal, 2006-2007,
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Search, CSUS, 2004,
Satellite Campus Planning Committee, CSUS, 2003-2007,
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.
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).
3. College / Department Committees Membership:
College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies;
Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Secondary Committees C; CSUS, 2009-10;
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. Professional Consultation
1. Public Presentation as an Expert in Discipline:
“The Impact of Residential Foreclosure on Sacramento City
Property Tax Collections,” City of Sacramento Treasurer’s Office Brown-Bag
Symposium, Fall 2009,
"Should the City of Elk Grove Expand its Sphere of
Influence," Sponsored by the Elk Grove Community Connection, Fall 2009,
"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.
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.
3. Consulting to Public Agencies, Foundations, and
Professional Associations:
City of Elk Grove, CA, “Local Employment Multipliers and
Resulting Economic Development from Moving State Jobs to City Limits,” 2009,
Sacramento High School and CEO Kevin Johnson,
"Productivity of Specific Teachers in Specific Disciplines,"
2006-2008,
Urban Land Institute, "Exploring the Linkage between
Residential Density and Affordability," 2006-2007,
City of Detroit and the Office of Mayor Kilpatrick,
"Solution to the City's Fiscal Stress," 2004-2005,
Community Services Planning Council, Sacramento, 2002-2004,
City of Los Angeles, "Reforming the System of Business
Taxation," with Beverly Burr, 2003-2005,
California Futures Network, "Growth in
California," 2002-2004,
Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, "Atlanta
Study Mission," October 2002,
Sacramento American Lung Association, "Local Urban Land
Use Issues," 2002-2006,
Sacramento Transportation and Air Quality Collaborative,
"Local Finance and Urban Land Use Issues," 2002-2004,
California Assemblyman Darrell Steinberg, "Local
Finance and Urban Land Use Issues," 2000-2004.
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.
C. Member of Journal Editorial Board
California Politics and Policy,
Economic Development Quarterly,
Public Finance and Management,
State and Local Government Review.
D. Reviewer/Referee Activity
Reviewer:
Academic Press,
Ameregis (Myron Orfield's Regional Consulting Firm),
Blackwell Publishing,
Congressional Quarterly Press,
University of California Policy Seminar,
John Wiley and Sons,
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 Public Economics,
Journal of Regional Science,
Journal of Urban Economics,
Landscape and Urban Planning,
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.
E. Sample of Recent Newspaper Quotes:
AP Wire Service, Capital Morning Report, China Daily News, 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, Interim Dean and
Baird Family Professor of Economics College of Business Administration,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, janderson4@unl.edu,
Professor Ronald Fisher, (517) 355-0293, Department of
Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48823, fisherr1@msu.edu,
Emeritus Professor Cristy Jensen,
(530) 304-5147, Past Chairperson, Department of Public Policy and
Administration, California State University, Sacramento, CA 95819-6081, jensenca@csus.edu,
Professor Ted Lascher, (916) 278-4864, Associate Dean,
School of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, California State
University, Sacramento, Sacramento, California 95819-6081, tedl@csus.edu,
Professor David Sjoquist, (404) 431-0246, Director, Fiscal Research
Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, sjoquist@gsu.edu.