Education
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1990
M.A., University of Western Ontario, 1981
B.A., University of British Columbia, 1980
Professional Experience
- Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, 2002–2006
- University of Regina, Canada, Department of Economics, 1989–2002
- University of Tasmania, Australia, Department of Economics, 1987–1989
- St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, Department of Economics, 1982–1984
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Academic Leadership Program Fellow, Indiana University, 2010-11
- SPEA Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2009
Professional Interests
Cultural economics, policy and administration; nonprofit organizations; tax policy. Current research concerns cultural districts, and tax policy towards nonprofit organizations and charitable donations.
Selected Publications
Full Vita (pdf)
Blog
For What It's Worth
Book
Editor (with an Introduction) Creative Communities: Art Works in Economic Development (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2013).
Articles
- “Artists’ Rights”, “Artistic Freedom”, and “Pricing the Arts” In Ruth Towse (ed.) A Handbook of Cultural Economics, Second Edition, (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 2011).
- “Federal Tax Policy”. In Bruce Seaman and Dennis Young (eds.) Nonprofit Management and Economics: The State of Research (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 2010).
- “The Creative Class and Economic Growth in Atlanta”. In David Sjoquist (ed.) Past Trends and Future Prospects of the American City: The Dynamics of Atlanta (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).
- "Who Pays? Who Benefits? Who Decides?" Journal of Cultural Economics 32(4)(December 2008): 293-300.
- “Racial Context and Voting over Taxes: Evidence from a Referendum in Alabama” (with Christine H. Roch). Public Finance Review 36(5) (September 2008): 614-634.
- “A Note on the Use and Misuse of the Racial Diversity Index”. Policy Studies Journal 36(3) (August 2008): 445-459.
- “Why Are Nonprofits Exempt from the Corporate Income Tax?” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 36(4) (December 2007): 662-75
- “Understanding State Spending on the Arts: 1976-1999” (with Gregory B. Lewis). State and Local Government Review 39(2) (2007): 107-114
- “Government Funding of Nonprofit Organizations” (with Arthur Brooks). In Dennis Young (Ed.) Financing Nonprofits: Bridging Theory and Practice (Lanham: Altamira Press, 2006)
- “Support for Earmarked Public Spending on Culture: Evidence from a Referendum in Metropolitan Detroit.” Public Budgeting and Finance 25(4) (December 2005): 72-85
- “Economic Analysis of Freedom of Expression.” Georgia State University Law Review 21(3) (Spring 2005): 693-719
- “Contingent Valuation and the Public Interest in Privately Owned Cultural Property.” Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society 34(3) (Fall 2004): 222-34
- “Earmarked Taxes for the Arts: US Experience and Policy Implications.” International Journal of Arts Management 6(3) (Spring 2004): 38-48
- “Culture and Public Finance.” Public Finance and Management 4(1) (2004): 1-20
- “Cultural Diversity and Public Funding of the Arts: A View from Cultural Economics.” Journal of Arts Management, Law, & Society 33(2) (Summer 2003): 85-97
- “Transaction Cost Politics and the National Endowment for the Arts”. Poetics 31(2) (April 2003): 133-150
- “Political Oversight of Arts Councils: A Comparison of Canada and the United States”. International Journal of Cultural Policy 8 (2) (November 2002): 153-65
- “Freedom of Expression and Copyright: An Economic Analysis”. In Ruth Towse (Ed.) Copyright and the Cultural Industries (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 2002)
