Associate Professor @NIUMPA. Public finance & local govts. Special districts, mostly. You'll hear about bikes.
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great to see @SarahAnzia and @trounstine's new paper on how municipal employees' organizations contributed to the adoption civil service reforms published cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Check out this new paper by @cbgoodman and @leland_suzanne on special districts. My students always have lots of questions about special districts. If yours do too, consider assigning this next semester.
🚨New paper forthcoming in Local Government Studies with @leland_suzanne🚨
tl;dr granting cities more powers generally leads to fewer special districts, as their need to circumvent restrictive state laws is lessened. These results disappear in district subgroup analyses.
ALT After analysing 40 years of census data on U.S. local government change, this study finds that the dissolution of special districts (specialised governments) or “exits” in U.S. counties are largely unrelated to demand factors. Using fixed effects regression specified at the urban county level, we find that restrictions on the fiscal autonomy of cities are associated with decreases in the special district exit rate and count. There is also evidence that state grants of “broad” or “limited” functional home rule to cities increase special district dissolutions. These results appear to be driven by highly asset-specific functions such as utilities or transportation infrastructure. The findings are consistent with the circumvention argument made in the local autonomy literature and may indicate some service consolidation, albeit from a different perspective.
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Voters in Gwinnett County, Georgia, voted to approve a measure creating the new city of Mulberry in northeastern Gwinnett. Voters will elect the five new city council members at the general election in November 2024.
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I'll be presenting my work with @academicpiracy and @cbgoodman on anti-LGBTQ preemption at 8 am in Gotham and participating in a panel discussion of the tenure track at 1:45 in Edison. 2/4
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Up early on Friday? See me present my work with @cbgoodman and @academicpiracy "State preemption of LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination legislation: Factors explaining the proposal and passage of preemption policies" in Gotham 7/11
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One of the coolest parts about our first issue (at least I think) was the opportunity to work with 231 academics and practitioners to establish an agenda for where budgeting and finance research should go.
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Cheers to all the heroes of fiscal management! It's Government Finance Professionals Week, and we want to extend a big THANK YOU to all the financial experts making a difference in public sectors worldwide. Your expertise keeps our communities thriving! #GovFinanceWeek @GFOA
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Putting some data behind the very common public affairs conference happy hour conversation: are your student numbers down?cgoodman.com/blog/2024-03-07…
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We're privileged to work with Kate, and even moreso to be able to publish her fantastic story on EC. Why is a cycling site publishing a story about auto racing? Because it's also about bike racing, and how power and wealth shape sports journalism.
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If you want to understand the geography of economic distress at the zipcode level, our updated Distressed Community Index out today is a powerful tool eig.org/distressed-communiti…
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Spent last night at a dinner with Economists from the National Association for Business Economics and the heads of the Statistical Agencies and various other groups c including the Federal Reserve. Most people do not understand how the official data on the U.S. economy is computed and the steps involved in ensuring it is both timely and accurate.
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There is sometimes too much distance that needs deliberate bridging; see B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing @Gov_Journal 👇
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Out now: Fire protection services and house prices: A regression discontinuity investigation dlvr.it/T1s91T
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@NIUMPA's @ICMA Student Chapter is hosting a free virtual event on Feb 15 at 6pm central on AI in Local Government.
The event is open to anyone, but registration is required.
LINK: eventbrite.com/e/ai-in-local…
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I wrote a thing about the 6 articles I found interesting/important of last year. These cover most of the bases of things I'm interested in: special districts, preemption, municipal incorporation, various public finance issues. cgoodman.com/blog/2024-01-09…
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A Legacy of Excellence: Notable alumni like Dr. Jim Griesemer bring pride to NIU's Master of Public Administration program, celebrating 60 years of excellence. bit.ly/3RU2lwi
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Brad Townsend, M.P.A. ’87, retired after decades of service in the public and private sectors, is an alumnus of NIU's Master of Public Administration program, which celebrates its 60th anniversary during the 2023-2024 school year. Read his story here: bit.ly/3HjtX9a
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Special districts cover services over large areas, but there is still duplication with local government provision find @cbgoodman and @Deb_A_Carroll bit.ly/48g19e0
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A study by @landpolicy on how much property taxes vary within cities. Here's a chart showing the diff btw taxes paid on newly purchased homes and homes owned the median length of time in that city. Thanks to Prop 13 and soaring real estate values, CA cities dominate the top 10.
