2008 Conference Program - Midwest Political Science Association

Sunday, April 6-8:00 am
Paper
Paper
Disc.
Healthcare, Property Tax Exemptions and Implications from
Recent Court Cases
Recent cases of healthcare property tax litigation are examined
from the perspective of each party in the case, addressing the reason
for the litigation, the impact of the decision on each party, and the
policy implications from these cases.
Mary M. Fanning, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
mfanning@ndm.edu
Tax Compliance, Tax Morale, and Institutional Trust
I will use a model to measure "tax morale" -an individual's
willingness to pay taxes- extended with insights regarding the
importance of governmental bureaucracies in shaping individuals'
perceptions of government performance.
Gabriel Leonardo, Georgia State University
padgmlx@langate.gsu.edu
Rebecca Hendrick, University of Illinois, Chicago
hendrick@uic.edu
48-5 THE POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL
DETERMINANTS OF FISCAL POLICY
Room PDR 6 on the 3rd Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Robert J. Franzese, Jr., University of Michigan
franzese@umich.edu
Paper Measuring Government Capacity with Taxation Ability
This paper demonstrates the divergent, convergent, and face validity
of measuring state capacity as the percentage of government
revenue from income taxation.
Melissa Ziegler, University of California, San Diego
mrziegle@ucsd.edu
Nicholas Weller, University of California, San Diego
nweller@ucsd.edu
Paper Political Regimes, Redistribution and Poverty: An Empirical
Investigation
I examine the empirical relation between political regimes and
poverty alleviation.Democracies redistribute more from rich to
the poor.Rich dictatorships generate more pro-poor growth.Poor
democracies provide higher consumption levels to the poor.
Nazif Tolga Sinmazdemir, New York University
nts215@nyu.edu
Paper Twisted Politics: The Domestic and International Roots of Tax
Policies
This paper attempts at giving answers to remaining puzzles in
the literature on tax competition by arguing that de facto capital
mobility and not legal capital mobility determines the vulnerability
of governments with respect to competitive pressures
Vera E. Troeger, University of Essex
vtroe@essex.ac.uk
Paper Formal Fiscal Restraints, Economic Stabilization and Long-
Term Debt Sustainability: Evidence from the U.S. States
This paper presents a simple model for discussing the impact of
formal fiscal restraints on the stabilization and long-term debt
sustainability functions of fiscal policy.
Kina Chenard, Simon Fraser University
Kchenard@sfu.ca
Disc. Henry A. Kim, University of Arizona
h27kim@email.arizona.edu
49-16 MARKETS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Room UEH 401 on the 4th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Paper Institutional Dynamics of Social and Environmental
Certification Initiatives
Examines differences in institutional design of environmental
certification programs in forestry, agriculture, and fisheries through
comparative case studies.
Graeme Auld, Yale University
graeme.auld@yale.edu
Paper
Paper
Conservation Trusts for National Parks
Evaluates proposals to establish conservation trusts, privatized
parks, and delegation of park and wilderness decision making to
environmental groups, examining in particular the budgets required
for these proposals to be feasible.
Robert Pahre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
pahre@uiuc.edu
Institutional Environments, National Parks, and Development
in China
Institutional environments shape the pursuit of both economic and
environmental goals in national parks, world heritage sites, and
infrastructure projects such as dams in Southwest China.
Andrew Mertha, Washington University in St. Louis
amertha@artsci.wustl.edu
50-18 LABOR ISSUES
Room Suite 8-150 on the 8th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Michelle M. Hoyman, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
hoyman@unc.edu
Paper Contemporary Public Sector Labor Relations: A Study in
Contrasts
This paper examines recent developments in public sector labor
relations, assesses the legal and political/economic environments,
and discusses implications for public administration.
Patrice M. Mareschal, Rutgers University
marescha@camden.rutgers.edu
Paper Uncovering the Influence of State Fiscal Capacity on Civil
Service Wages
Given the importance of equitable public sector wage rates, this
paper seeks to shed light on the extent to which fiscal capacity
serves as a significant determinant of public sector wage rates
relative to those in the private sector.
Jared J. Llorens, University of Kansas
llorens@ku.edu
Daniel L. Smith, Rutgers University, Newark
dlsmith@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Paper Revisiting At-Will Employment in Georgia: Analyzing the
Impact of Managerial Trust in an Era of Radical Civil Service
Reform
Utilizing a 2006 survey assessing attitudes toward employment atwill
(EAW) among Georgia state HR directors, the present analysis
seeks to advance understanding of the impact of trust on the EAW
relationship between HR directors and management.
R. Paul Battaglio, Jr., University of Texas, Dallas
battaglio@utdallas.edu
Stephen E. Condrey, University of Georgia
condrey@cviog.uga.edu
Disc. Jeffrey Todd Doyle, University of Montana, Missoula
jeffrey.doyle@mso.umt.edu
50-24 REFORMING GOVERNMENT THROUGH
CONTRACTING: CRITICAL ISSUES AND
IMPLICATIONS
Room UEH 406 on the 4th Floor, Sun at 8:00 am
Chair Clare Joanna McGovern, University of British Columbia
Paper
cmcgover@interchange.ubc.ca
Monitoring Across Sectors: Examining the Effect of Nonprofit
Ownership on Performance Measurement and Perceived
Effectiveness of Contract Management and Implementation
This study analyzes the effect of contractor ownership on contract
performance by examining contract management and oversight
activities of nonprofit and forprofit organizations contracting for
public services.
Anna Amirkhanyan, American University
amirkhan@american.edu
Nafis Islam, American University
nafis2001@hotmail.com
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