Rob Wassmer's Working and Recently Published Papers

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bulletDoes Counseling Reduce Frequent Emergency Department Use?

(September, 2008, PDF). With Lucinda Winward and Robert Derlot.
 
bullet California's Farmland Preservation Programs, Taxes, and Furthering the Appropriate Safeguarding of Agriculture at the Urban Fringe to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(September, 2008, PDF).
 
bullet California's State and Local Revenue Structure After Proposition 13: Is Denial An Appropriate Way to Cope?

(May, 2008, PDF). Prepared for presentation to the "Out of the Box: State and Local Tax Policy" Conference at Andrew Young School of Public Policy at Georgia State University.
 
bulletThe Desirability of Conducting a Cost/Benefit Assessment of the Sacramento Area Water Forum and its Successor Element and a Prospectus on How to Do It

(August, 2005, PDF).  With the assistance of Public Policy Master's Students in spring 2005 PPA 220A.  Preparation of this document supported by a Hewlett Capacity Building Grant from the Center for Collaborative Policy.
 
bullet A Regional View of Social Disparities

(April 2004, PDF).  A text and GIS presentation on regional disparities in socio-economic indicators in the Greater Sacramento Area.  Prepared with assistance of the Community Services Planning Commission.
 

bullet K-12 Education in the U.S. Economy: Its Impact on Economic Development, Earnings, and Housing Values
(September 2003, PDF). With Thomas Hungerford; prepared as part of a contract from the National Education Association.
 
bulletIntroduction to Property Tax Policy
(February 2003, PDF). Prepared for International Association of Assessing Officers Property Tax Policy Course.
 
bullet Urban Devolution and Metropolitan Local Governance in California's Next Half Century of Growth

(January 2003, PDF). Prepared for presentation at the 10th Annual California Policy Issues Conference of the Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs on "Building a Civil Society: Separate Geographies, Shared Destinies," November 14, 2002. Published in Building a Civil Society: Separate Geographies, Shared Destinies (November, 2002), Los Angles, CA: Pat Brown Institute of Public Affairs, pp. 67-95.
 
bulletLessons from California Public Schools Where Performance Exceeds Predictions

( November 2002, PDF).  Commissioned report prepared for the California Senate Office of Research with the assistance of Rosie Papazian and Kim Connor.  Journal version of research published in California Politics and Policy (2004).

bullet A Quantitative Study of California Community College Transfer Rates: Policy Implications and a Future Research Agenda
(October 2002, PDF).  With Colleen Moore and Nancy Shulock.  Journal length version of research, "Racial/Ethnic Differences in Transfer Rates in California Community Colleges: Implications for Policy and Practice" published in Research in Higher Education (2004).
 
bullet An Economic Perspective on Urban Sprawl: With an Application to the American West and a Test of the Efficacy of Urban Growth Boundaries

(September 2002, PDF).  California Senate Office of Research version.
 
bulletAn Analysis of Subsidies and Other Options to Expand the Productive End Use of Scrap Tires in California

(November 2002, PDF).  Commissioned report prepared for the California Integrated Waste Management Board with the  assistance of CSUS Public Policy and Administration Master's Students .

bullet The Benefits of Growth

(May 2002, PDF).  With Marlon Boarnet.  Commissioned report prepared for the Urban Land Institute.

bulletTime, Tiebout, and Transition in the Structure of Local Governments in U.S. Metropolitan Areas

(July 2000, PDF).  With Ronald C. Fisher.

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