2003 - Publications and Working Papers
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

FRC Report No. 90
International Trade And Economic Development Strategy: Can Foreign Direct Investment Be Predicted?, Bruce A. Seaman, Robert E. Moore, December 2003

FRC Report No.89
IThe Economics of Cigarette Taxation: Lessons for Georgia , Bruce A. Seaman, December 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-01
IMF Lending, Maturity of International Debt and Moral Hazard, Wasseem Mina and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, December 2003

Working Paper Number 03-01
IMF Lending, Maturity of International Debt and Moral Hazard
Wasseem Mina and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, December 2002

Preventing Overweight Children: A Brief for Foundations . Philanthropic Collaborative for a Healthy Georgia. Prepared by the Georgia Health Policy Center, December 2003

The Clean Air Act Amendments and Firm Investment in Pollution Abatement Equipment, James Alm and Amanda I. Lee, November 2003

ACET Collaborative Team (ACT) Project: Final Evaluation Report, November 2001-October 2003, Laura Henderson, Dana Rickman, Craig Gordon, Monica Herk, Elizabeth Stone and Karen DeVivo, November 2003

FRC Report No.88
Single-Factor Sales Apportionment Formula In Georgia: What Is The Net Revenue Effect? , Kelly D. Edmiston, October 2003

Tax Compliance as a Coordination Game, James Alm and Michael McKee, October 2003

FRC Report No.87
Financing Georgia's Schools: A Primer , Ross Rubenstein, David L. Sjoquist, October 2003

Georgia Healthcare Access Forum Issue Brief, October 2003

Medicaid: 1% of Members Generate 23% of Expenditures, October 2003

Uninsured Children in Georgia, 2003

Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education, 2003

Children in Georgia's Juvenile Justice System, 2003

Why Do Young Teachers Leave Teaching, 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 03-14
Ethical Dimensions of Public Expenditure Management , A. Premchand, September 2003

Research Atlanta report
Sustainable Funding for the Arts: Earmarked Taxes and Options for Metropolitan Atlanta, Michael Rushton, September 2003

FRC Report No.86
Getting Serious About Property Tax Reform in Georgia, David L. Sjoquist, August 2003

Fiscal Research Center Report #85
The Commercial Music Industry in Atlanta and the State of Georgia: An Economic Impact Study, Kelly D. Edmiston and Marcus X. Thomas, August 2003

Framework for Community-based Cancer Prevention and Control. Philanthropic Collaborative for a Healthy Georgia, August 2003.

URAG Working Paper No. 03-01
Irreversible Development and Eminent Domain: An Option Value Approach to Greenspace Compensation, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-02
The Net Effects of Large Plant Locations and Expansions On County Employment, Kelly D. Edmiston, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-03
An Alternative Estimator for Fixed Effects Spatial Models, Mary G. McGarvey and Mary Beth Walker, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-04
The Dual Roots of Opinion Leadership, Christine H. Roch, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-05
Urban Growth Controls: Transitional Dynamics of Development Fees and Growth Boundaries, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-06
Spatial Competition and Shopping Externalities: Evidence from the Housing Market, Geoffrey K. Turnbull and Jonathan Dombrow, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-07
Local Government Competition for Economic Development, Kelly D. Edmiston and Geoffrey K. Turnbull, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-08
The Investment Incentives Effects of Land Use Regulations, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-09
Big House, Little House: Relative Size and Value, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, Jonathan Dombrow, and C. F. Sirmans, August 2003

URAG Working Paper No. 03-10
Trends in Real Estate Research, 1988-2001: What’s Hot and What’s Not, Jonathan Dombrow and Geoffrey K. Turnbull, August 2003

Report of the Findings from the Early Childhood Study: 2001-02, August 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-12
The System of Equalization Transfers in China, Zhihua Zhang and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, July 2003

Fiscal Research Center Report/Brief #84
Twelve Years of Budget Growth: Where has the Money Gone?, Allan Essig, July 2003

On Measuring Personal Connections and the Extent of Social Networks, Yongsheng Xu (with Prasanta K. Pattanaik), July 2003

On Hierarchical Dictators, Yongsheng Xu, July 2003

The Relationship Between School Characteristics and Teacher Mobility, Benjamin Scafidi, David L. Sjoquist, and Todd R. Stinebrickner, June 6, 2003

The Effect of Private School Competition on Public School Performance, Christopher R. Geller, David L. Sjoquist, and Mary Beth Walker, June 2003

Sales Taxes and the Decision to Purchase Online, James Alm and Mikhail I. Melnik, June 2003

Estimating Differential Responses to Local Fiscal Conditions: A Mixture Model Analysis,
David L. Sjoquist, Mary Beth Walker, and Sally Wallace, June 2003

Decentralization and Local Government Borrowing in Indonesia, James Alm and Sri Mulyani Indrawati, June 2003

Racial Segregation in Georgia Public Schools, 1994-2001: Trends, Causes, and Impact on Teacher Quality, Catherine Freeman, Benjamin Scafidi and David L. Sjoquist, May 23, 2003

Georgia Pre-K Longitudinal Study: Final Report 1996-2001, May 2003

"Sizing" the Problem of the Hard-to-tax, James Alm and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, May 2003

Shacking Up or Shelling Out: Income Taxes, Marriage, and Cohabitation, James Alm and Leslie A. Whittington, May 2003

Corruption, Optimal Taxation, and Growth, James Alm and Raul A. Barreto, May 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-11
The Incidence of Local Government Allocations in Tanzania, Jameson Boex, May 2003

Research Atlanta report
Open Space Acquisitions and Management Opportunities in the City of Atlanta and Adjacent Jurisdictions, May 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-10
No Pain, No Gain: Market Reform, Unemployment, and Politics in Bulgaria, Neven Valev, May 2003

Capital Gains: Its Recent, Varied, and Growing (?) Impact on State Revenues,
David L. Sjoquist and Sally Wallace
April 2003

On the Structure of Some Measures of Deprivation, Yongsheng Xu (with Achin Chakraborty and Prasanta K. Pattanaik), April 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-09
Asymmetric Fiscal Decentralization: Glue or Solvent?, Richard M. Bird, April 2003

Generating a Bergson-Samuelson Social Welfare Ordering from Partial Welfare Judgements, Yongsheng Xu (with Kotaro Suzumura), March 2003

Water Policy Working Paper # 2003-006
Water Markets in Georgia: An Overview of Ongoing Sales of Water, Phyllis Isley and Robert J. Middleton, Jr., March 2003

Water Policy Working Paper # 2003-005
Coastal River Basins Water Resource Assessment An Evaluation of Water Use and Availability in Seven Coastal River Basins, Donna K. Fisher, PhD, Paulo Röwer, C. Elliott Marsh, Justin Daniels, Uli Ebensperger and Shantell Roberson, March 2003

Water Policy Working Paper # 2003-002
Developing Offset Banking Systems in Georgia, Ronald G. Cummings, Laura O. Taylor and M. Bruce Beck, March 2003

Water Policy Working Paper # 2003-001
Attitudes of Georgia Irrigators Regarding the Use of Water Meters, Mark Morrison, Nancy Norton, Virgil Norton, and David Eigenberg

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-08
Efficiency Effects of Mexico's Tax Reform On Corporate Capital Investment, Duanjie Chen and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, March 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-07
Errors in Variables and Estimated Price Elasticities for Charitable Giving, David Joulfaian and Mark Rider, March 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-06
Multiple Modes of Tax Evasion: Theory and Evidence from the TCMP, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Mark Rider, March 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-05
Local Government Reform in Tanzania: Considerations for the Development of a System of Formula-Based Grants, Jameson Boex and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, March 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-04
Asymmetric Federalism in Russia: Cure or Poison?, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, December 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-03
Descentralización en Latinoamérica desde una perspectiva de países pequeños: Bolivia, El Salvador, Ecuador y Nicaragua, Francisco Javier Arze and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, March 2003

Do Teachers Really Leave for Higher Paying Jobs in Alternative Occupations?,
Benjamin Scafidi, David L. Sjoquist and Todd R. Stinebrickner
February 2003

School Health Conference Summary Report, Philanthropic Collaborative for a Healthy Georgia School Health Matching Grants Initatiave Conference, Macon, GA. February 2003

International Studies Program Working Paper # 03-02
Fiscal Flows, Fiscal Balance, and Fiscal Sustainability, Richard M. Bird, January 2003

Fiscal Research Program Report #83
Local Government Competition for Economic Development, Kelly D. Edmiston, Geoffrey K. Turnbull.

Fiscal Research Center Report #81
Analysis of a Proposed New Economic Development Initiative, Kelly D. Edmiston, David L. Sjoquist and Jeanie Thomas, January 2003

Fiscal Research Program Report #80
The Bush Economic Stimulus Plan: What Does it Mean for Georgia? Sally Wallace, January 2003

Reputation, Information Signals, and Willingness to Pay for Heterogeneous Goods in Online Auctions, James Alm and Mikhail I. Melnik, January 2003