SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
PAI735/ECN635
State and Local Government Finance
Professor Yinger
Spring 2017
Professor Yinger
451 Eggers Hall
Phone: (315) 443-9062
Email: joyinger@syr.edu
https://joyinger.expressions.syr.edu/
Class Location: 111 Maxwell
Class Time: 12:45 – 2:45 MW
Office Hours: 11:00 – 12:00 MW or by appointment
Class Cases
Case #1: Spending Incentives in New York’s School Tax Relief Program
Case #2: Lockup Quotas for Private Prisons
Case #3: State Regulation of Local Property Tax Assessing
Case #4: Zone-Based Tax Incentives and Local Economic Redevelopment
Case #5: Campaign for Fiscal Equity Vs. New York
Assignments
Instructions for Case Discussions
JY’s Tips for Professional Writing
Lecture Notes (To be posted before each class)
Lecture 1 – Introduction and Overview
Lecture 2 – The Demand for Local Public Services
Lecture 3 – Voting
Lecture 4 – Public Sector Costs: Concepts
Lecture 5 – Public Sector Costs: Policy
Lecture 6 – State and Local Revenue: Overview
Lecture 7 – Property Tax Capitalization
Lecture 8 – Property Tax Incidence
Lecture 9 – State and Local Sales and Income Taxes
Lecture 10 – Revenue from Government Monopoly
Lecture 11 – User Fees (=Public Prices)
Lecture 12 – State and Local Public Infrastructure
Lecture 13 – Bond Markets
Lecture 14 – Issuing Bonds
Lecture 15 – Economic Development Concepts
Lecture 16 – Economic Development Policy
Lecture 17 – Introduction to Intergovernmental Relations
Lecture 18 – State Education Aid Formulas
Lecture 19 – State Policies Related to Education Aid
Student Papers