2002 - Publications and Working Papers
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Georgia Health Policy Center Child 2002 Policy Briefs
Child Care Benefits, Child Care: GA and the Region, Child Care: Working Mothers

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-21
Subnational Government Bankruptcy, Default, and Fiscal Crisis in the United States, John L. Mikesell, December 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #79
The Effect of State Income Tax Structure On Interstate Migration, Sally Wallace, December 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #78
Georgia’s Corporate Income and Net Worth Taxes, Martin F. Grace, December 2002

What a Tangled Web: Local Property, Income and Sales Taxes
David L. Sjoquist, Sally Wallace and Barbara Edwards, November 19, 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #77
Racial Segregation in Georgia Public Schools, 1994-2001: Trends, Causes, and Impact on Teacher Quality, Catherine Freeman, Benjamin Scafidi, and David L. Sjoquist, November 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #76
Job Creation by Georgia Start-up Businesses, Lakshmi Pandey, Jeanie Thomas, November 2002

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-011
Targeting Conservation Investments in Heterogeneous Landscapes: A distance function approach and application to watershed management, Paul Ferraro

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-010
Conservation Contracting in Heterogeneous Landscapes: an application to watershed protection with threshold constraints, Paul Ferraro

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-009
Optimizing The Riparian Buffer: Harold Brook In The Skaneateles Lake Watershed, New York, Zevi Azzaino, Jon M. Conrad, Paul Ferraro

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-008
Georgia Water: "A Public Resource Or A Commodity" What Are The Real Policy Questions? Ron Cummings, Andrew Keeler and Ben Thompson, November 2002

Sales and Use Tax Simplification and Voluntary Compliance
Gary C. Cornia, David L. Sjoquist and Lawrence C. Walters, October 30, 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #75
Local Tax Base Sharing: An Incentive for Intergovernmental Cooperation, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, October 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #74
Firm-Level Effects of Apportionment Formula Changes, Kelly D. Edmiston, F. Javier Arze, October 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-20
Capital Mobility Among Provinces in Indonesia, Muliadi Widjaj, October 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-18
The Effect of Money Supply and Government Expenditure Shock in Indonesia: Symmetric or Asymmetric?, Vid Adrison, October, 2002

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-012
Enhancing and Improving Designs for Auction Mechanisms that Can Be Used by the EPD for Irrigation Auctions, Susan Laury, September 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-17
Finance and the Sources of Growth at Various Stages of Economic Development, Felix Rioja and Neven Valev, September 2002

Does a Seller's eCommerce Reputation Matter? Evidence from eBay Auctions, James Alm and Mikhail I. Melnik, September 2002

Taxpayer Responses to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, James Alm and Sally Wallace, September 2002

Globalization and State/Local Government Finances, James Alm, Rebecca M. Neumann, and Jill Ann Holman, September 2002

Urban Sprawl and the Finances of State and Local Governments, Therese J. McGuire and David L. Sjoquist, July 19, 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-16
Growth And Equity Tradeoff in Decentralization Policy: China's Experience, Baoyun Qiao, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Yongsheng Xu, July 2002

How Fair? Changes in Federal Income Taxation and the Distribution of Income 1978 to 1998, James Alm, Fitzroy Lee, and Sally Wallace, July 2002

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-007
Water Use Permits In Southwest Georgia: Preliminary, Speculative Notes On Their Value, Ronald G. Cummings, June 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #73
Local Land Use Policy and Investment Incentives, Geoffrey K. Turnbull, June 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #72
Do Local Sales Taxes for Education Increase Inequities? The Case of Georgia's ESPLOST - Ross Rubenstein, Catherine Freeman, June 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #71
The Net Economic Impact of Large Firm Openings and Closures in the State of Georgia, Kelly D. Edmiston

Water Policy Working Paper #2002-004
Offset Banking – A Way Ahead For Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution In Urban Areas in Georgia, M. Morrison and L. Taylor, May 2002.

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-15
On the Use of Budgetary Norms as A Tool For Fiscal Management, James Alm and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-14
How Should Revenues From Natual Resources Be Shared?, Roy Bahl and Bayar Tumennasan, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-13
An Analysis of Indonesia's Transfer System: Recent Performance and Future Prospects, Bambang Brodjonegoro and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-12
Building Monetary Credibility in a Transforming Economy, Neven T. Valev, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-11
Lender Heterogeneity and the Maturity of International Loans, Neven T. Valev, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-10
Tenuous Financial Stability, Neven T. Valev and John A. Carlson, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-9
The Viability of Fiscal Policy in South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, Tsangyao Chang, WenRong Liu and Michael Thompson. May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-8
Trade and Foreign Capital: Income Redistribution in Simulated Trade Models, Michael Thompson, May 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-7
Financial Development and Growth: A Positive, Monotonic Relationship? Felix Rioja and Neven Valev, May 2002

Water Policy Working Paper # 2002-003
Using Laboratory Experiments For Policy Making: An Example From The Georgia Irrigation Reduction Auction, R. Cummings, C. Holt, S. Laury, April 2002.

Fiscal Research Program Report #70
How Much Preference: Effective Personal Income Tax Rates for the Elderly, Barbara Edwards, Sally Wallace, April 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-19
The Role of Economic Fundamentals in Explaining Indonesian Currency Crisis, Moh. Khusaini, April 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-6
A Time Series Analysis of the Impact of NAFTA on Alabama Pulpwood Production, Michael Thompson, April 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-5
An Overview of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Nepal, Manoj Shresta, April 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-4
A Decade of Fiscal Reforms in India, Atul Sarma and Manish Gupta, April 2002

Long Term and End of Life Care
What's Going to Happen to the Patients You Just Admitted?, James Cooney and Glenn Landers, Journal of the American Medical Director's Association, March/April 2002

Long Term and End of Life Care
Improving End-of-Life Care in Nursing Facilities, James Cooney and Glenn Landers, Journal of the American Medical Director's Association, March/April 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-3
Imputed and Presumptive Taxes: International Experiences and Lessons for Russia, Sally Wallace, March 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-2
Closing the Gap: Fiscal Imbalances and Intergovernmental Transfers in Developed Federations, Richard Bird and Andrey Tarasov, March 2002

Georgia Health Policy Center
Improving Early Childhood Education in Georgia: Progress Report on Year One of the Georgia Early Learning Initiative, Jennifer L. Antinozzi, and Monica Herk, March 2002

Research Atlanta report
The Atlanta Housing Authority's Olympic Legacy Program: Public Housing Projects to Mixed Income Communities, March 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #69
Residential Mobility, Migration and Georgia's Labor Force, Amy Helling and Nevbahar Ertas, February 2002

Fiscal Research Program Report #68
Revenue Implications for Georgia of Tax Changes Since 1987, Kelly Edmiston, Alan Essig, Catherine Freeman, Richard R. Hawkins, David L. Sjoquist, William J. Smith, Sally Wallace and Laura Wheeler, January 2002

Water Policy Working Paper #2002-002
Summary of Water Right Purchases and Leases in the Western States, 1990-2000, Mariella Czetwertynski, January 2002

Water Policy Working Paper #2002-001
Water as a Part of the Public Trust: A Review of Select State Codes, Jennifer Adams, Mariella Czetwertynski, Lalita Limpanatevin, and Kevin Ackaramongkolrotn, January 2002

International Studies Program Working Paper # 02-1
An Overview of Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Subnational Public Finance in Nigeria, James Alm and Jameson Boex, January 2002

Research Atlanta report
School Boards and Local Control: Roles and Responsibilities, January 2002