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University of Oregon
Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon
 
 
Neil Bania

 

Associate Professor
Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management
Elected to A&AA Faculty Advisory Committee Fall 07-Spring 08
 

University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1209
132 Hendricks Hall
Phone: (541) 346-3704
Email: bania@uoregon.edu

Education

Ph.D. (economics),
University of Oregon, Eugene (1985)
M.S. (economics),
University of Oregon, Eugene (1983)
B.S. (mathematics and economics),
University of Oregon, Eugene (1980)

Summary of Interests

Household income variability and material deprivation, The effect of government spending and taxes on economic growth

Courses and Seminars

PPPM 413 Quantitative Methods for Planning, Public Policy & Management
PPPM 455/555 Social Welfare Policy
PPPM 628 Public Sector Economics
PPPM 629 Public Finance Administration
PPPM 657 Research Methods in Public Policy and Management

REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

“The Effect of Income Shocks on Food Insufficiency," (with L. Leete) Review of Economics of the Household (2010), forthcoming.

“Monthly Household Income Volatility in the U.S., 1991/92 vs. 2002/03,” (with L. Leete), Economics Bulletin (2009), Vol. 29 no.3 pp. 2096-2108.

"Ranking State Fiscal Structures Using Theory and Evidence," (with J. Stone), forthcoming Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (2008), Volume 27(4), pp 751-770. 
 
"Job Access, Employment, and Earnings: Outcomes for Welfare Leavers in an Urban Labor Market," (with L. Leete and C. Coulton), Urban Studies (2008) Volume 45(11). 
 
"Growth, Taxes, and Government Expenditures: Growth Hills for U.S. States," (with J. Gray and J. Stone) National Tax Journal, (2007) Volume 60, pp 193-204. 
 
"Public Housing Assistance, Public Transportation and the Welfare-to-Work Transition" (with L. Leete and C. Coulton), Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, Volume 6, Number 2, 2003.
 
"The Impact of Welfare Reform on Local Area Labor Markets" (with L. Leete), The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Winter 1999, Vol. 18, No. 1.
 
"U.S. Air Passenger Service: A Taxonomy of Route Networks, Hub Locations, and Competition," (with P. Bauer and T. Zlatoper) Logistics and Transportation Review, 1998.
 
"Structure and Accountability: A Study of National Nonprofit Associations," (with D. Young and D. Bailey) Nonprofit Management & Leadership, September 1996. 
 
"A Different Tempo: African American Attendance at Performances of The Cleveland Orchestra," (with E. Freeman), The Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Summer 1995.
 
"The Development of State-Level Nonprofit Data Bases," (with E. Katona and J. Keiser Ruemmele) Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Spring 1995.
 
"Universities and the Startup of New Companies: Can We Generalize From Route 128 and Silicon Valley?" (with R. Eberts and M. Fogarty), Review of Economics and Statistics, November 1993. Reprinted in Technological Entrepreneurship: Institutions and Agents Involved in University Technology Transfer, edited by Donald S. Siegel, (2007) Edward Elgar.
 
"Interstate Differentials in State and Local Business Taxation, 1971-86," (with L. Calkins) Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 1992, Vol. 10, pp. 147-158.
 
"The Effects of Regional Science and Technology Policy on the Geographic Distribution of Industrial R&D Laboratories," (with L. Calkins and D. Dalenberg) Journal of Regional Science, May 1992, pp. 209-228.
 
BOOK CHAPTERS
 
"Housing, Transportation and Access to Suburban Jobs by Welfare Recipients in the Cleveland Area" (with C. Coulton and L. Leete), in Sandra J. Newman, editor, The Home Front: Implications of Welfare Reform for Housing, Washington DC: Urban Institute Press, 1999.
 
 
 

This page updated November 10, 2009.

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