"Measuring the Frequency and Depreciation in Real Estate Assessment Quality in Pennsylvania: 1988-2008"
Proceedings, National Tax Association
105th Annual Research Conference, Providence, Rhode Island

"Should Sales Taxes Be Imposed on E-Commerce?
Journal of Public Economic Theory , (forthcoming) 2013, pp. 1-26

"Alternative Approaches for Reinstating A Taxable Property Values Survey
State Tax Notes 51,4 (January 26, 2009), 247-266.

"Options for Census to Reinstate Measuring Taxable Property Values"
Proceedings (forthcoming)
Annual Research Conference, National Tax Association
Philadelphia, PA
November 21, 2008

Education Policy Research Papers: Online
November 12, 2008

"The Effects of Defined Benefit Pension Incentives and Working Conditions on Teacher Retirement Decisions," with Joshua Furgeson and William B. Vogt, Education Finance and Policy, 3, 1 (Summer, 2006), 316-348.

"Residential Real Estate Assessment Fairness in Four Urban Counties,” with David A. Strauss, State Tax Notes, 31, 10 (March 8, 2004), 815-820. (Reprinted from Proceedings of the National Tax Association 96th Annual Conference on Taxation, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2003, 298-305).

"Institutional Barriers To Electronic Commerce: An Historical Perspective,” with Karen Clay, The New Institutionalism in Strategic Management, Volume 19 (2002), 245-271.

"Improving Teacher Preparation and Selection: Lessons from the Pennsylvania Experience,” with Lori Bowes, Mindy Marks, Mark Plesko, Economics of Education Review, 19, 4 (July, 2000), 387-415.

"Federal Tax Mechanisms to Enable State Taxation of Final Consumption,” Tax Notes, 87 12 (June 19, 2000), 1657-1664. (Reprinted from State Tax Notes, 18, 22 (May 29, 2000)).

"Further Thoughts on State and Local Taxation of Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce,” State Tax Notes, 17, 17 (October 25, 1999), 1113-1124.

"Improving Access to Science and Math Education,” with Ashok Srinivasan, Interfaces, 29, 4 (July-August, 1999), 82-95.

"The Income of Central City and Suburban Migrants: A Case Study of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area,” National Tax Journal, 50, 3 (September, 1998), 493-516.

"Children as Income Producing Assets: The Case of Teen Illegitimacy and Government Transfers,” with George R. G. Clarke, Southern Economic Journal, 64 (4) (April, 1998), 827-856.

"A Primer on Changing Information Technology and the Fisc,” with Jon M. Peha, National Tax Journal, 50, 3 (September, 1997), 607-621.

"Community Choice and Local Public Services: A Discrete Choice Approach,” with Thomas Nechyba, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 28, 1 (January, 1998), 51-74.

"Administrative and Revenue Implications of Federal Consumption Taxes for the State and Local Sector,” American Journal of Tax Policy, 14, 8 (Fall, 1997), 361-452. (Reprinted in two parts in: Tax Notes, 82, 6 (February 22, 1999); and Tax Notes 82, 7 (March 1, 1999)).

"Changing Information Technology and State Tax Revenue: A Realistic Appraisal,” with Jon M. Peha, State Tax Notes, 13,12 (September 22, 1997), 769-777.

"States of Mind: Why Homeowners Hate the Property Tax,” State Tax Notes, 13, (June 16, 1997), 1802-1806.

"Why Call for Property Tax Relief?,” State Education Finance Communications, (January, 1997), 2-16.

"Further Implications of a Federal Consumption Tax for State and Local Tax Administration,” State Tax Notes, 13, 14 (October 14, 1996). (Reprinted in Tax Notes, 73, 5 (November 4, 1996), 605-614).

"Optimal Consolidation of Municipalities: An Analysis of Alternative Designs,” with Malachy Carey and Ashok Srinivasan, Socioeconomic Planning, 30, 2 (Spring, 1996) 103-119.

"On Recent Expositions on Horizontal Equity,” with Marcus C. Berliant, Public Economics Review, 1, 1 (Spring, 1996), 129-150.

"Reducing New York's Reliance on the School Property Tax,” Journal of Education Finance, 21, 1 (Summer, 1995), 123-164.

"Effective Federal Individual Income Tax Functions: An Exploratory Empirical Analysis,” with Miguel Gouveia, National Tax Journal, XLVII, 2 (June, 1994), 317-339.

"Reforming School Finance in Illinois: Some Observations on Principles, Practicalities, and Politics,” State Tax Notes, 5, 7 (August 16, 1993), 351-360.

"State Disclosure of Tax Return Information: Taxpayer Privacy vs. the Public's Right to Know,” State Tax Notes, 4 (July 5, 1993).

"Taxation, Equity and Growth: Exploring the Trade-off Between Shareholder Dividend Tax Relief and Higher Corporate Income Taxes,” with Serge Nadeau, National Tax Journal, XLVI, 2 (June, 1993), 161-175.

"State and Federal Tax Equity: Estimates Before and After the Tax Reform Act of 1986,” with Marcus C. Berliant, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 12, 1 (Winter, 1993), 9-43. (Reprinted as “State and Federal Tax Equity: Before and After TRA '86,” in State Tax Notes, 4, 19 (May 10, 1993), 1101-1122).

"Municipal Consolidation: An Analysis of the Financial Benefits for Small Fiscally Distressed Municipalities,” with Beverly Bunch, Urban Affairs Quarterly, 27, 4 (July, 1992), 615-629.

"Tax Policies and the Real and Financial Decisions of the Firm: The Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986,” with Serge Nadeau, Public Finance Quarterly, 19, 3 (July, 1991), 251-292.

"Considerations in the Federal Collection of State Corporate Income Taxes,” State Tax Notes, 1, 3 (September 16, 1991), 81-89.

"State-Local Finance: Rethinking Service Delivery and Taxing Authority,” The Fiscal Letter, (March/April 1991), 1-2, 10.

"Fiscal Federalism and the Changing Global Economy,” National Tax Journal, 43, 3 (September, 1990), 315-320.

"Factors Influencing School District Financial Reporting Practices,” with Rajiv D. Banker and Beverly Bunch, Research in Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting, 5 (May, 1989), 27-56.

"Price and Quantity Effects of Tax Reform: An Application to West Virginia,” with Uriel Wittenberg, National Tax Journal, 40, 1 (March, 1987), 83-94.

"A Comparative Application of Data Envelopment Analysis and Translog Methods: An Illustrative Study of Hospital Productions,” with Rajiv D. Banker and Robert F. Conrad, Management Science, 32, 1 (January, 1986), 30-44.

"Some New Evidence on Teacher and Student Competency,” with Elizabeth A. Sawyer, Economics of Education Review, 5, 1 (January, 1986), 41-48.

"The Net Fiscal Impact of Selected Federal Block Grant Programs,” with Peter B. Harkins, Journal of Regional Science, 26, 1 (February, 1986), 63-85.

"A Multiple-Output Multiple-Input Model of the Hospital Industry in North Carolina,” with Robert F. Conrad, Applied Economics, 15, 3 (June, 1983), 341-352.

"Salary Patterns of Agricultural Economists in the early 1980's,” with Michael Tarr, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64, 5 (December, 1982), 1053-1061.

"U.S. Industrial Employment Patterns by Race and Sex: 1960-1970,” with Peter Schmidt, Metroeconomica, 31, 2 (June, 1979), 195-209.

"A Mixed Logit Model of the Relationship between Unionization and Right-to-Work Legislation,” with Ronald S. Warren, Journal of Political Economy, 87, 3 (April, 1979), 648-655.

"Modeling the Earnings and Research Productivity of Academic Economists,” with W. Lee Hansen and Burton A. Weisbrod, Journal of Political Economy, 86, 4 (August, 1978), 89-97.

"Information and Participation in a Public Transfer Program,” Journal of Public Economics, 8, 3 (December, 1977), 385-396.

"Overhauling the Federal Aid System: Redesigning General Revenue Sharing and Counter-cyclical Aid Programs,” National Tax Journal, 29, 3 (September, 1976), 341-355.

"A New Approach to the Demand for Public Goods,” with G. David Hughes, Journal of Public Economics, 6, 1 (Fall, 1976), 191-204.

"The Impact of Municipal Electric Profits on Local Public Finance,” with Kenneth L. Wertz, National Tax Journal, 29, 1 (March, 1976), 22-30.

"Wage Rate Differences by Race and Sex in the U.S. Labor Market: 1960-1970,” with Francis Horvath, Economica, 43, 171 (August, 1976), 287-298.

"The Effect of Unions on Earnings and Earnings on Unions: A Mixed Logit Approach,” with Peter Schmidt, International Economic Review, 17, 1 (February, 1976), 204-212.

"Estimation of Models with Jointly Dependent Qualitative Variables: A Simultaneous Logit Approach,” with Peter Schmidt, Econometrica, 43, 4 (July, 1975), 745-755.

"The Prediction of Occupation Using Multiple Logit Models,” with Peter Schmidt, International Economic Review, 16, 2 (June, 1975), 71-86.

"The Impacts of Population Undercounts on General Revenue Sharing in New Jersey and Virginia,” with Peter B. Harkins, National Tax Journal, 26, 4 (December, 1974), 617-624.

"The Impact of Block Grants on Local Expenditures and Property Tax Rates,” Journal of Public Economics, 4, 1 (Fall, 1974), 10-18.

"Analyzing Economic Discrimination against Women and Blacks with the Public Use Samples,” with Francis Horvath, Review of Public Data Use, 1, 4 (October, 1973), 10-18.

"Revitalizing Our Federal System: The Case for General Review Sharing," DePaul Law Review, 21, 4 (May, 1972), 889-901.

"The Geographic Heterogeneity of Local Public Expenditure Functions," with William J. Scanlon, Review of Economics and Statistics, 14, 2 (May, 1972), 191-194.

"A Note on the Public Sector of the Coastal Plains_Dec_1971," Journal of Regional Science, 2, 3 (December, 1971), 369-375.

“Industrial Patterns of Male Negro Employment,” Journal of Human Resources, 8, 1 (Winter, 1971), 111-118.