The department features innovative research resources, including the Experimental Economics Laboratory, and maintains a strong multi-disciplinary approach to policy analysis. Economics instruction at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (AYSPS) is distinguished by its emphases on policy and evaluation. Our faculty specialize in public economics, environ¬mental and labor economics, urban and regional economics, the eco¬nomics of education and experimental methods, with growing emphasis on the empirical evaluation of public policies and programs. To learn more about the department and AYSPS, visit https://aysps.gsu.edu/economics and https://aysps.gsu.edu.
Publications from 2008
Tax Effort in Developing Countries and High Income Countries: The Impact of Corruption, Voice and Accountability, Richard M. Bird and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Revealed Altruism, James C. Cox, Daniel Friedman, and Vjollca Sadiraj
La Programación Presupuestaria Plurianual con referencia a su práctica en el Reino Unido y Dinamarca, Juan Luis Gomez and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Revenue assignments in the practice of fiscal decentralization, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Publications from 2007
Benefits, Costs and Rules of Decentralization, Roy W. Bahl
Sequencing Fiscal Decentralization Reform, Roy W. Bahl and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Comprehensive Tax Reform in Jamaica, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
From Income Tax to Consumption Tax? The Case of Jamaica, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Intergovernmental Transfers: The Vertical Sharing Dimension, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Environmental and Social Service Charities: Private and Public Sources of Funding, Garth Heutel
Asymmetric Federalism in Russia: Cure or Poison?, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
The Spanish Tax Reform: Overview and Lessons, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Fiscal Reform in Spain Accomplishments and Challenges: Introduction, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Jose Felix Sanz-Sanz
Publications from 2006
How to Approach Comprehensive Tax Reform: Have the Rules of the Game Changed?, Roy W. Bahl
Sequencing Fiscal Decentralization, Roy W. Bahl and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Fiscal Federalism and Economic Reform in China, Roy W. Bahl and Jorge Martinez Vazquez
Fiscal Decentralization and Fiscal Equalization Within Regions: The Case of Russia, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Taxation of the Financial Services Industry, Martin Grace and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Taxation of the Insurance Industry, Martin Grace and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
China’s Long March to Decentralization, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Fiscal Decentralization, Macrostability, and Growth, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Robert M. McNab
Publications from 2005
India: Fiscal Condition of the States, International Experience, and Options for Reform, Fiscal Condition of the States, International Experience, and Options for Reform, Roy W. Bahl, Eunice Heredia, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Mark Rider
Public Financing in Developing and Transition Countries, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Fiscal Federalism in Russia, Roy W. Bahl and Christine Wallich
An Analysis of Indonesia's Transfer System: Recent Performance and Future Prospects, Bambang Brodjonegoro and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
Publications from 2004
Fiscal Decentralization: Twelve Implementation Rules, Roy W. Bahl
Reaching the Hardest to Tax: Consequences and Possibilities, Roy W. Bahl
Revenue Sharing in Petroleum States, Roy W. Bahl
How Should Revenues from Natural Resources be Shared in Indonesia?, Roy W. Bahl and Bayar Tumennasan
India: Urban Property Taxes in Selected States, Dana Weist, Roy W. Bahl, and Somik Lall
India: Urban Finance and Governance Review - Volume I Executive Summary and Main Report, Dana Weist, Roy W. Bahl, Somik Lall, Lars Sondergaard, K. Mukundan, Ajit Karnik, Abhay Pethe, Christine Wong, and Kirida Bhaopichitr
India: Urban Finance and Governance Review Volume II: Case Study Annexes, Dana Weist, Roy W. Bahl, Somik Lall, Lars Sondergaard, K. Mukundan, Ajit Karnik, Abhay Pethe, Christine Wong, and Kirida Bhaopichitr
Publications from 2003
Institutions, Paradigms, and Tax Evasion in Developing and Transition Countries, James Alm and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez
The Uneasy Case Against Discriminatory Excise Taxation: Soft Drink Taxes in Ireland, Roy W. Bahl, Richard M. Bird, and Mary Beth Walker
Overview of Fiscal Decentralization in South Africa, Roy W. Bahl and Paul Smoke
Overview of the Local Government Revenue System, Roy W. Bahl, Paul Smoke, and David Solomon
The Regional Services Council Levy, Roy W. Bahl and David Solomon
Fiscal Decentralization: The Provincial – Local Dimension, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Some Effects of IMF Lending Programs in the MENA Countries, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Wasseem Mina
Integrating Fiscal Decentralization Reforms and the Challenge of Implementation, Paul Smoke, Roy W. Bahl, Andrew Reschovsky, Larry Schroeder, and Peter Vaz
Publications from 2002
Fiscal Decentralization, Revenue Assignment, and the Case For the Property Tax, Roy W. Bahl
Implementation Rules for Fiscal Decentralization, Roy W. Bahl
State and Local Government Choices in Fiscal Redistribution, Roy W. Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Sally Wallace
Publications from 2001
Can Indonesia Decentralise Successfully? Plans, Problems and Prospects, James Alm, Robert H. Aten, and Roy W. Bahl
Publications from 2000
Intergovernmental Transfers in Developing and Transition Countries, Roy W. Bahl
Publications from 1999
China: Evaluating the Impact of Intergovernmental Fiscal Reform, Roy W. Bahl
Fiscal Decentralization as Development Policy, Roy W. Bahl
Fiscal Policy in China: Taxation and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations, Roy W. Bahl
Implementation Rules for Fiscal Decentralization, Roy W. Bahl
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Leningrad Region, Roy W. Bahl, John Mikesell, Sally Wallace, Natalia Golovanova, Dmitry Shiskin, Andre Timofeev, Alexander Derugin, Yelena Nikolayenko, Inna Verbina, and Natasha Minkova
The Winner's Curse and Public Information in Common Value Auctions: Comment, James C. Cox, Samuel H. Dinkin, and Vernon L. Smith
Tax Systems in Transition Economies, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Robert M. McNab
Publications from 1998
Central-Provincial-Local Relations: The Revenue Side, Roy W. Bahl
Land Taxes versus Property Taxes in Developing and Transition Countries, Roy W. Bahl
Why Levy discriminatory Excises on Soft Drinks?, Roy W. Bahl
Discriminatory Taxation of Carbonated Beverages: The Case of Ireland, Mary Beth Walker and Roy W. Bahl
Publications from 1997
Fiscal Decentralization: Lessons for South Africa, Roy W. Bahl
The Jamaican Tax Reform: it’s Design and Performance, Roy W. Bahl
The Sales Tax in Georgia: Issues and Options, Roy W. Bahl and Richard Hawkins
Does A Food Exemption Lead to A Higher State Sales Tax Rate?, Roy W. Bahl and Richard R. Hawkins
Publications from 1996
The Decentralization of Government, Roy W. Bahl
Corporate Taxation: The General Franchise Tax, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Martin Grace
Publications from 1995
Comparative Federalism: Trends and Issues in the United States, China, and Russia, Roy W. Bahl
Reforming the Georgia Tax Structure, Roy W. Bahl
Taxation and Economic Development in Ohio: A Blueprint for the Future, Roy W. Bahl
Taxation and the Economy: A Plan for Reform, Roy W. Bahl
Roundtable on Fiscal Issues, Roy W. Bahl and Marlene Fernandes
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in China, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Publications from 1994
Metropolitan Fiscal Disparities, Roy W. Bahl
Revenues and Revenue Assignment: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the Russian Federation, Roy W. Bahl
Fiscal Decentralization and Intergovernmental Transfers in Less Developed Countries, Roy W. Bahl and Johannes F. Linn
Revenue Sharing in Russia, Roy W. Bahl and Sally Wallace
Accuracy in Journalism: An Economic Approach, James C. Cox and Alvin I. Goldman
Publications from 1993
Audit Selection and Income Tax Underreporting in the Tax Compliance Game, James Alm, Roy W. Bahl, and Matthew N. Murray
City Finances, City Futures, Roy W. Bahl
The Tax and Intergovernmental Sharing System, Roy W. Bahl
State and Local Debt Burdens in the 1980s: A Study in Contrast, Roy W. Bahl and William D. Duncombe
Using Microsimulation Models for Revenue Forecasting in Developing Countries, Roy W. Bahl, Richard Hawkins, Robert E. Moore, and David Sjoquist
Metropolitan Fiscal Disparities, Roy W. Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and David Sjoquist
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Russia, Roy W. Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and Sally Wallace
Publications from 1992
Economics of Alabama's Proposed Tax Reform, Roy W. Bahl
The Administration of Road User Taxes in Developing Countries, Roy W. Bahl
Trends in the World Economy: Implications for Fiscal Choices, Roy W. Bahl
Economic Change and Fiscal Planning: The Origins of the Fiscal Crisis in New York State, Roy W. Bahl and William D. Duncombe
City Finances and the National Economy, Roy W. Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and David Sjoquist
The Nexus of Tax Administration and Tax Policy in Jamaica and Guatemala, Roy W. Bahl and Jorge Martinez Vazquez
Central City-Suburban Fiscal Disparities, Roy W. Bahl, Jorge Martinez Vazquez, and David Sjoquist
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in China, Roy W. Bahl and Christine Wallich
Theory and Misbehavior of First-price Auctions: Comment, James C. Cox, Vernon L. Smith, and James M. Walker
Publications from 1991
An Evaluation of the Structure of the Jamaican Individual Income Tax, James Alm, Roy W. Bahl, and Matthew N. Murray
Income Tax Evasion, James Alm, Roy W. Bahl, and Matthew N. Murray
Tax Base Erosion in Developing Countries, James Alm, Roy W. Bahl, and Matthew N. Murray
A Program for Reform, James Alm, Roy W. Bahl, Matthew N. Murray, and Bruce Riddle
The Economics and Politics of the Jamaican Tax Reform, Roy W. Bahl
The Setting for Municipal Finances in the 1990s, Roy W. Bahl
Why Georgia Needs a Tax Reform, Roy W. Bahl
Local Governments and the Current Recession, Roy W. Bahl, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and David Sjoquist
Municipal Capital Maintenance and Fiscal Distress, Mary Bumgarner, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, and David Sjoquist
Publications from 1990
Tax Structure and Tax Compliance, James Alm, Roy W. Bahl, and Matthew N. Murray
Central-Local Fiscal Relations and Revenue Sharing, Roy W. Bahl