Publications
ARTICLES:

 
  • "Property Crime and Economic Behavior: Some Empirical Results," American Economic Review, (June 1973), pp. 439-446. Reprinted in The Economics of Crime and Law Enforcement, McPheters and Strange (eds.).
  • "The Change in Tax Burden Resulting from the Creation of a Criminal Justice Service District," (with Larry Schroeder), National Tax Journal, March, 1976.
  • "Survey Reporting and Class Income Interval Definitions," (with Larry Schroeder), Social Science Quarterly, March, 1976.
  • "An Investigation of Population Density Gradients Using Trend Surface Analysis," (with Larry Schroeder), Land Economics, August, 1976.
  • "Labor Supply Under Uncertainty: A Comment," American Economic Review, December, 1976.
  • "An Investigation of the Causes of Variation in Property Tax Assessment Ratios," (with Larry Schroeder), Assessors Journal, December, 1976.
  • "An Analysis of the Size and Distribution of Benefits of Alternative Circuit-Breaker Programs," (with Larry Schroeder), Public Finance Quarterly, October, 1978.
  • "The Rational Voter: An Analysis of Two Atlanta Referenda on Rapid Transit," (with Larry Schroeder), Public Choice, Issue 3, 1978.
  • "The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: A Question of Identification," (with Stephan Hoenack and Robert Kudrle), Policy Analysis, Fall, 1978.
  • "An Analysis of Market Adjustments Under a Price Floor," American Economist, Spring, 1979.
  • "The Allocation of Employment and Training Funds Across States," (with Larry Schroeder and Paula E. Stephan), Policy Analysis, Fall, 1980.
  • "A Median Voter Analysis of Variations in the Use of Property Taxes Among Local Governments," Public Choice, 1981.
  • "The Effect of the Number of Local Governments on Central City Expenditures," National Tax Journal, March, 1982.
  • "Reply and Comment on Palumbo," National Tax Journal, March, 1983.
  • "A Numerical Approach to Comparative Statics in a Tiebout-Median Voter Model," co-author J. M. Pogodzinski, in Perspectives on Local Public Finance and Public Policy, Vol. III, John Quigley (ed.), JAI Press, 1985.
  • "Rational Voting Applied to Choice of Taxes," (with J. Alan Biegleisen), Public Choice, Vol. 57, No. 1, 1988.
  • "Property Tax Financing, Renting, and the Level of Local Expenditures," (with Jorge Martinez), Southern Economic Journal, October, 1988.
  • "The Impact of Job Decentralization on the Economic Welfare of Central City Blacks," (with Keith R. Ihlanfeldt), Journal of Urban Economics, July, 1989.
  • "The Property Tax in the 1980s and Prospectives for the 1990s," (with Roy Bahl and Loren Williams), Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1990.
  • "Job Accessibility and the Racial Difference in Teenager Employment Rates," (with Keith Ihlanfeldt), American Economic Review, Vol. 80, No. 1, March, 1990, pp. 267-276.
  • "Housing Segregation, Job Suburbanization, and the Black Youth Employment Problem" (with Keith Ihlanfeldt), The Review of Regional Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 1990, pp. 10-20.
  • "Municipal Capital Maintenance and Fiscal Distress," (with Mary Bumgarner and Jorge Martinez), Review of Economics and Statistics, February, 1991, pp. 33-39.
  • "The Effects of the Social Choice Rule on Local Fiscal Variables: A General Equilibrium Model," (with J.M. Pogodzinski), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1991, pp. 31-54.
  • "Spatial Effects on Black Youth Employment," (with Keith Ihlanfeldt), Urban Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2, 1991, pp. 255-265.
  • "The State and Local Fiscal Outlook: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Headed?," (with Roy Bahl), National Tax Journal, September, 1990, pp. 321-342.
  • "The Role of Space in Determining the Occupations of Black and White Workers," (with Keith R. Ihlanfeldt), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 21 (1991), pp. 295-315.
  • "Using Microsimulation Models for Revenue Forecasting in Developing Countries," (with Roy Bahl, Richard Hawkins and Robert E. Moore), Public Budgeting and Financial Management 5(1), 1993, pp. 159-186.
  • "Central City-Suburban Fiscal Disparities," (with Roy Bahl and Jorge Martinez), Public Finance Quarterly, Vol 20, No. 4 (October 1992), pp. 420-432.
  • "City Finances and the National Economy," (with Roy Bahl and Jorge Martinez) Publius, Vol 22, No. 3, Summer 1992, pp. 49-66.
  • "A Note on the Estimation of Capitalization," (with J.M. Pogodzinski) Public Finance Quarterly, Vol 21, No 4, October 1993, pp. 434-448.
  • "Alternative Tax Regimes in a Local Public Goods Economy," (with J.M. Pogodzinski), Journal of Public Economics, Vol 50, 1993, pp. 115-141.
  • "Work, Search, and Travel Among White and Black Youth," (with Harry Holzer and Keith Ihlanfeldt), Journal of Urban Economics, Vol 35, 1994, pp. 320-345.
  • "An Analysis of the Sales Ratio Study in Georgia," (with Willis Sheftall), Assessment Journal July/August 1995, pp. 30-37.
  • "The Marriage Tax and the Rate and Timing of Marriages," (with Mary Beth Walker). National Tax Journal Vol 48, No 4, December 1995, pp. 547-558.
  • "Allocation of State Funds For Construction and Renovation of Schools in Georgia," (with Mary Beth Walker), Journal of Education Finance, Vol 22, No 2. Fall 1996, pp. 161-179.
  • "Social Services and Fiscal Burden in Russia," (with James Alm), Comparative Economic Studies Winter 1996.
  • "Employment Impact of Inner-City Development Projects: The Case of Underground Atlanta," (with Julie L. Hotchkiss and Stephanie M. Zobay), Urban Studies, Vol 36, No 7, June 1999, pp. 1079-1093.
  • "The Effect of Crack on Police Expenditures: Local Government Participation in the War on Drugs," (with Mary Bumgarner), Journal of Drug Issues, Summer 1998 Vol 28 #3, pp 701-724.
  • "The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: A Review of Recent Literature," (with Keith Ihlanfeldt), Housing Policy Debate, 9(4) 1998: 849-892.
  • "Economics of Scale in Property Tax Assessment," (with Mary Beth Walker), National Tax Journal, Vol 52, No 2, June 1999, pp. 207-220.
  • "The Use of an External Organization to Facilitate University-Community Partnerships," (with Larry Keating), Cityscape, 2000, 5(1), pp141-157.
  • "An Analysis of the Feasibility of Implementing a Single Rate Sales Tax," (with Gary Cornia, Kelly Edminston, Steven Sheffrin, Terri Sexton, and Kurt Zorn), National Tax Journal, Vol 53, No 4, Part 3, December 2000, pp.1327-1351.
  • "Conducting an Analysis of Georgia's Economic Development Tax Incentive Program," (with Keith Ihlanfeldt), Economic Development Quarterly, August 2001, pp. 217-228.
  • "Social Acceptance and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis." Journal of Urban Economics, 50 (3), 2001, pp 474-490.
  • "An Analysis of Acquisition Value Property Tax Assessment for Homesteaded Property," (with Lakshmi Pandey). Public Budgeting and Finance, Winter 2001, pp. 1-17.
  • "E-Commerce and the Single Rate Sales Tax Proposal," (with Gary Cornia, Kelly Edminston, Steven Sheffrin, Terri Sexton, and Kurt Zorn), Municipal Finance Journal, Fall 2001, pp. 1-23.
  • "Sales and Use Tax Simplification and Voluntary Compliance," (with Gary C. Cornia and Lawrence C. Walters), Public Budgeting & Finance, Spring 2004, pp 1-32. (Received the 2005 Jesse Burkhead Award for best paper.)
  • "Estimating Differential Responses to Local Fiscal Conditions: A Mixture Model Analysis," (with Mary Beth Walker and Sally Wallace), Public Finance Review, January 2005, pp 36-61.
  • "The Disappearing State Corporate Income Tax," (with Gary Cornia, Kelly Edmiston, and Sally Wallace), National Tax Journal, March 2005, pp 115-138.
  • "Interstate Tax Uniformity and the Multistate Tax Commission," (with W. Bartley Hildreth and Matthew N. Murray), National Tax Journal, September 2005, pp 575-590.
  • "The Land Value Tax in Jamaica: An Analysis of Options for Reform," Bulletin for International Fiscal Documentation, November 2005, pp 489-497.
  • "The Effect of Private School Competition on Public School Performance in Georgia," (with Christopher Geller and Mary Beth Walker), Public Finance Review, January 2006 35(1): pp 4-32.
  • "Do Teachers Really Leave for Higher Paying Jobs in Alternative Occupations?" (with Benjamin Scafidi and Todd R. Stinebrickner), Advances in Economic Analysis & Policy, (B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy) December 2006 6(1), available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/advances/vol6/iss1/art8
  • "The Impact of Wages and School Characteristics on Teacher Mobility and Retention," (with Benjamin Scafidi and Todd Stinebrickner), Economics of Education Review, April 2007 26(2): 145-159.
  • "How Should Land Be Taxed? Analyzing the Jamaican Land Value Tax," Public Finance Review, January 2007 35(1), pp 127-149.
  • "An Analysis of the Time to Adoption of Local Sales Taxes: A Duration Model Approach," (with William Smith, Mary Beth Walker, and Sally Wallace), Public Budgeting & Finance, Spring 2007 27(1): 20-40.
  • "An Analysis of Private School Closings," (with Mary Beth Walker). Education Finance and Policy, Forthcoming.
  • "Introduction to Special Issue," Public Finance Review. Forthcoming