Full CV with detailed publication list available here: http://bit.ly/BenClark_CV
Education
- PhD (public administration), University of Georgia, Athens, GA (2009)
- Master of Public Administration (MPA), Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY (2000)
- BA (political science), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1999)
Research Interests
- Coproduction
- Public Sector Crowdsourcing
- Secondary Effects of Autonomous Vehicles
- Citizen Engagement
- Local Government Management
- Public Budgeting and Finance
- Public Management
Courses and Seminars
- Introduction to Public Policy
- Climate Change Policy
- Public Management
Awards and Recognition
- COVID-19 Research Innovation Award. University of Oregon. 2020
- United Academics (AAUP/AFT Local 3209, AFL-CIO ) COVID Resilience Award. University of Oregon. 2021
Publications (peer-reviewed)
Michael Coughlan, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Benjamin Clark, and Alison Deak (2023). “Public Response to the 2020 Wildfire Smoke Event in Oregon.” In “Sixth Oregon Climate Assessment.” Fleishman, E., editor. Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Tatyana Guzman and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2022) “Crime and Credit: The Empirical Study of How Crime Affects Credit Ratings in Large U.S. Cities.” Social Science Quarterly, 103(5):1234–1247.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13200
Benjamin Y. Clark and Tatyana Guzman. (2022) “Smarter City, Smarter Investment? A Study of the Relationship Between 311 Systems and Credit Ratings in American Cities.” Government Information Quarterly, 39(4):
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2022.101744
Serena Alexander, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2022) “Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-demand Mobility.” Transportation Research Record, 2676(3): 521-534.
https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981211052541
Rebecca Lewis and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2021) “Retooling Transportation Financing in a New Mobility Future.” Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 10 (2021) 1003883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100388
Nicole Ngo, Thomas Götschi and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2021) “The effects of ride-hailing services on bus ridership in a medium-sized urban area using micro-level data: Evidence from the Lane Transit District.” Transport Policy, 105, 44-53.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.02.012
Benjamin Y. Clark and Anne Brown. (2021). “What Does Ride-Hailing Mean For Parking? Associations Between On-Street Parking Occupancy And Ride-Hail Trips In Seattle.” Case Studies on Transport Policy, 9 (2), 775–783.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2021.03.014
Benjamin Y. Clark. (2020). “The Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Local Government Budgeting and Finance: Case of Solid Waste Collection.” Accepted for publication in the National Tax Journal, 73 (1), 259–282.
https://doi.org/10.17310/ntj.2020.1.08.
Benjamin Y. Clark, Jeffrey L. Brudney, Sung-Gheel Jang, and Bradford Davy. (2020) “Determinants of 311 response time biases. A Study of 20 US Cities.” Accepted for publication in American Review of Public Administration, 50(3), 315–327. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074019894564
Benjamin Y. Clark and Jeffrey L. Brudney. (2019). “Citizen Representation in City Government-Driven Crowdsourcing.” Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 28(5): 883–910. http://bit.ly/clarkbrudney_cscw
Benjamin Y. Clark and Tatyana Guzman. (2017) “Does Local Government Coproduction Lead to Budget Adjustments? An Investigation of Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA.” American Review of Public Administration, 47(8) 945–961. http://bit.ly/ClarkGuzman
Benjamin Y. Clark, Nicholas Zingale, Joseph Logan, & Jeffrey Brudney. (2016) “A Framework for Using Crowdsourcing in Government.” International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age, 3(4): 57-75. http://bit.ly/crowd_framework
Benjamin Y. Clark. (2015) “Evaluating the Validity and Reliability of the Financial Condition Index at the Local Level.” Public Budgeting and Finance, 35(2): 66-68. http://bit.ly/clark_pbf
Benjamin Y. Clark, Jeffrey Brudney, and Sung-Gheel Jang. (2013). “Coproduction of Government Services and the New Information Technology: Investigating the Distributional Biases.” Public Administration Review, 73 (5): 687-701. http://bit.ly/coproduction_par
Benjamin Y. Clark and Jared Llorens. (2012). “Investments in Scientific Research: Examining the Funding Threshold Effects on Scientific Collaboration & Variation by Academic Discipline.” Policy Studies Journal, 40(4): 698-729. http://bit.ly/psj_clarkllorens
Benjamin Y. Clark. (2011). “Influences and Conflicts of Federal Policies in Academic-Industrial Scientific Collaboration.” Journal of Technology Transfer, 36(5): 514-545. http://bit.ly/n0ulDq
Benjamin Y. Clark and Andrew B. Whitford. (2011). “Does More Federal Environmental Funding Increase Or Decrease States Efforts?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 30 (1): 136–152. http://bit.ly/o7IzFh
Benjamin Y. Clark. (2010). “The Effects of Government Academic and Industrial Policy on Cross-University Collaboration.” Science and Public Policy, 37(5): 314-330. http://bit.ly/clark_spp
Book Chapters
Benjamin Y. Clark and Jeffrey L. Brudney. (2021). “Too Much of a Good Thing? Frequent Flyers and the Implications for the Coproduction of Public Service Delivery.” A chapter in “E-Government Research Handbook.” Edited by Eric Welch. Cheltenham, United Kingdom, Edward Elgar Publishers.
Benjamin Y. Clark and Rebecca Lewis. (2018). “Future Transport and City Budgets: Getting Bottom-Line Savvy In An Uncertain Future.” A chapter in “Toward Just and Sustainable Mobilities: Driverless Cars, Transport Innovation and the City of Tomorrow.” Edited by Williams Riggs. Routledge.
http://bit.ly/disruptivetransport
Benjamin Y. Clark and Maria Shurik. (2016). “Improving Citizen Satisfaction with Local Government using 311 Systems: Case of San Francisco, California.” A chapter in “Innovations In The Public And Nonprofit Sectors: A Public Solutions Handbook.” Edited by Ed Gibson and Patria Julnes. To be published by ME Sharpe.
http://bit.ly/InnovationPublicNpSectorsKathryn Hexter, Edward Hill, Benjamin Y. Clark, Brian Mikelbank, and Charles Post. (2015). “Revitalizing Distressed Older Suburbs: Case Studies in Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania” A Chapter in “The New American Suburb: Poverty, Race and the Mortgage Crisis.” Edited by Katrin Anacker. London, UK: Ashgate Publishers.
Benjamin Y. Clark. (2014). “Can Tax Expenditures Stimulate Growth in Rust Belt Cities?” A chapter in “The Road From the Rustbelt: From Preeminence to Decline to Prosperity.” Edited by William Bowen. Kalamazoo, MI: Upjohn Institute Press. http://bit.ly/rustbelttaxexpend
Other Publications and Government Reports
Benjamin Y. Clark and Parker, Robert. (2022). The race against COVID is not yet finished: New insights on perceptions of the pandemic, vaccinations, long COVID, and testing from a statewide survey of Oregon residents. (June 23, 2022). Available at SSRN:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=4144846
Benjamin Y. Clark and Parker, Robert. (2021). Assessing Perceptions and Behaviors Related to COVID-19: A Random-Sample Survey of Oregon Residents (March 24, 2021). Available at SSRN:
https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3840519
Serena Alexander, Asha Weinstein Agrawal, and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2021). Local Climate Action Planning as a Tool to Harness the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Mitigation and Equity Potential of Autonomous Vehicles and On-Demand Mobility. Mineta Transportation Institute, San Jose State University.
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mti_publications/337/
Benjamin Y. Clark and Parker, Robert. (2020). COVID-19 Masking, Social Distancing & Vaccines: Results from a Random Sample Survey of Oregon Residents (December 20, 2020). Available at SSRN:
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3752400
Benjamin Y. Clark, Robert Parker, and Tim Duy. (2020). “The Roadmap to Keeping Oregon Open Part I: Establishing the COVID-19 Capacity for Testing and Contact Tracing Required to Keep the State Safe and Open.” SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3600638. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network.
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3600638
Robert Parker, Josh Bruce, Tyler Bump, Matt Craigie, John Tapogna, Benjamin Y. Clark, and Tim Duy. (2020). “Responding to the Economic Impacts of Coronavirus: A Proposed Oregon Economic Recovery and Resilience Framework.” SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3600629. Rochester, NY: Social Science Research Network.
https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=3600629
Benjamin Y. Clark. (2019). How Will Autonomous Vehicles Change Local Government Budgeting and Finance? Case Studies of On-Street Parking, Curb Management, and Solid Waste Collection. NITC-SS-1174. Portland, OR: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC). http://bit.ly/2Wm3w9Z Project data available: https://doi.org/10.15760/TREC_datasets.03
Benjamin Y. Clark, Nico Larco, and Roberta F. Mann. (2017). “The Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles and E-Commerce on Local Government Budgeting and Finance.” Urbanism Next, Sustainable Cities Initiative, University of Oregon.
https://bit.ly/avwhitepaper
Serena Alexander and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2016). “The Benefits, Challenges, and Impediments of Greywater Use in EPA Region 5.” Cleveland, OH: Great Lakes Environmental Finance Center/Levin College of Urban Affairs.
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2860254Andrew R. Thomas, Benjamin Y. Clark, and Allan Immonen. (2015). "Opportunities for Stationary Fuel Cell Applications in Ohio: Public Finance and Other Strategies" Urban Publications. Paper 1323. http://bit.ly/ohiofuelcell
Walter Valdivia and Benjamin Y. Clark. (2015). “Federal R&D Expenditures: Testing the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory.” Brookings Institution, June 17. http://bit.ly/valdivia_clark