Expertise

Primary research and teaching interest in the areas of government budgeting and finance, taxation, state and local public finance, and the public finances of transition economies. Teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate levels in public finance, government budgeting and fiscal administration, taxation, and managerial economics.

  • Governmental finance, especially questions of policy and administration of sales and property taxation
  • State lotteries
  • Public budgeting
  • Public finance in countries of the former Soviet Union
Past Affiliations
Communities
Russian
Degrees
PhD, University of Illinois , Economics, 1969
MA, University of Illinois, Economics, 1965
BA, Wabash College, Economics, 1964
Keywords
europe, eastern former soviet union public affairs taxes and taxation public finance
Honors

Wildavsky award for lifetime scholary achievement in public budgeting and finance, Association for budgeting and financial management, 2002

Associations
American Economic Association
National Tax Association