(September, 2008, PDF). With Lucinda Winward and Robert Derlot.
(September, 2008, PDF).
(June, 2008, PDF). Published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 2008, pp. 536-555.
(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.
(February, 2008, PDF). With Ted Lascher and Stephan Kroll. Prepared for presentation at a seminar on “Social Welfare and Public Finance” at the National Tax Association’s 99th Annual Conference on Taxation in Boston.
What Determines Whether a Manufacturing Firm Locates and Remains in
California (or Any State)?
(July, 2008, PDF). With Katherine Chalmers. Prepared for the
Faculty Research Fellows Program at California State University, Sacramento.
The Increasing Use of Property Tax Abatement as a Means of Promoting State
and Local Economic Activity in the United States,
(October, 2007, PDF). Prepared for presentation at the Lincoln
Institute-George Washington University Institute of Public Policy Property
Tax Roundtable on October 5-6, 2007 in Washington, D.C.
Reconsidering Claims about the Secondary Effects of Direct Democracy,
(September, 2007, PDF). With Ted Lascher.
Beyond The Basics:
The Effects Of Non-Core Curricular Enrichments On Standardized Test Scores
At High Schools
(January, 2006, PDF). With Susan Catron.
Published in the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, V. 3, Summer
2006.
Who Supports Local Growth and Regional Planning to Deal With Its Consequences?
(November, 2005, PDF). Prepared as part of
2002 Field Poll Faculty Fellowship. Published in
Urban Affairs Review, May 2006, pp. 621-45,
(September, 2005, PDF). Prepared for presentation to the 2004 APPAM Conference. Published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 2006, pp. 439-62.
(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.
The Influence of Local Urban Containment
Policies and Statewide Growth Management on the Size of United States Urban
Areas*
(June, 2005, PDF). Prepared for
presentation to the Devoe L. Moore’s Critical Issue Symposium on “State and
Local Government Regulations and Economic Development” held on March 4, 2005
at Florida State University. Published in Journal of Regional Science,
February 2006, pp. 25-67.
(February, 2005, PDF). With Susan Catron. Prepared under contract from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation. Summary available from LISC.
(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.
(September 2003, PDF). With Thomas Hungerford; prepared as part of a contract from the National Education Association.
(February 2003, PDF). Prepared for International Association of Assessing Officers Property Tax Policy Course.
(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.
