Daniel L. Smith - NYU Wagner - New York University

DANIEL L. SMITH
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York University
295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012
(212) 998-7443
daniel.smith@nyu.edu
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
January 2009–present Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Financial Management
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York University
January–December 2008 Assistant Professor of Public Affairs and Administration
School of Public Affairs and Administration
Rutgers University-Newark
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Public Administration, December 2007
School of Public and International Affairs, The University of Georgia
Fields: Public Budgeting and Finance; Public Management; Public Policy; Quantitative Methods
MPA, State and Local Management, May 2004
School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware
B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Political Science, University of Delaware, May 2002
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2012 “Budget Slack, Institutions, and Transparency” (with Shanna Rose). Public Administration Review 72(2):
187-195.
2011 “Federalist 7: Is Disunion Among the States a Hidden Source of Strength?” Public Administration Review
71(S1): s15-s21.
“The Great Recession’s Impact on New York City’s Budget” (with Lawrence J. Miller). Municipal Finance
Journal 32(1): 89-113.
“Why Public Financial Management Matters” (with Kioko et al.). Journal of Public Administration Research
and Theory 21(S1): i113-i124.
2010 “Do State Balanced Budget Requirements Matter? Testing Two Explanatory Frameworks” (with Yilin
Hou). Public Choice 145(1-2): 57-79.
“Informal Norms as a Bridge between Formal Rules and Outcomes of Government Financial Operations:
Evidence from State Balanced Budget Requirements” (with Yilin Hou). Journal of Public Administration
Research and Theory, 20(3): 655-78.
2007 “Rules, Participants, and Executive Politics in State Tax Revenue Forecasting.”
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 19(4): 472-87.
2006 “A Framework for Understanding State Balanced Budget Requirement Systems: Re-examining Distinctive
Features and an Operational Definition” (with Yilin Hou). Public Budgeting & Finance, 26(3): 22-45.
“E-Government as an Instrument of Fiscal Accountability and Responsiveness: Do the
best practitioners employ the best practices?” (with Jonathan B. Justice and James Melitski). The
American Review of Public Administration, 36(3): 301-22.
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BOOK
2012 Finkler, Steven A., Robert Purtell, Thad Calabrese, and Daniel L. Smith. Financial Management for
Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (4 th edition). Pearson Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River,
NJ.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2013 “Federal Budget Reform: Lessons from State and Local Governments” (with Shanna Rose). Conditionally
accepted to appear in John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow, Eds., Defusing the Debt Bomb:
Economic and Fiscal Reform, MIT Press.
2010 “Adding Value in a World of Diffuse Power: Reintroducing Public Management and Public Financial
Management” (with Justin Marlowe). O’Leary, Kim, and Van Slyke, Eds., The Future of Public
Administration Around the World: The Minnowbrook Perspective. Washington, D.C., Georgetown
University Press.
BOOK REVIEW
2012 “An Empirical Framework for Public Finance and Financial Management.” Forthcoming in Public
Administration Review.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW
“Balanced Budget Requirements and State Spending: A Long-Panel Study” (with Yilin Hou). Revise and resubmit
at Public Budgeting & Finance.
“If You Build It: State Unemployment Insurance Trust Solvency and Benefit Generosity” (with Jeffrey B. Wenger).
Revise and resubmit at Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
“The Effects of Fiscal Stress and Illusion on State Pension Contributions” (with Thad Calabrese)
“State Fiscal Slack and Credit Quality” (with Shanna Rose)
COURSES TAUGHT
New York University Seminar in Public Finance and Financial Management (Ph.D.)
Financial Management for Public, Nonprofit, & Health Organizations (MPA/MUP)
Multiple Regression and Econometrics (MPA)
Statistical Methods for Public, Nonprofit, & Health Management (MPA/MUP)
Rutgers University Analytical Methods (MPA)
Government Budgeting Systems (MPA)
Public Financial Management (MPA)
Quantitative Methods II (Econometrics) (Ph.D.)
University of Georgia Government Budgeting and Finance (A.B.)
Public Administration and Democracy (A.B.)
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Program Co-Chair Western Social Science Association–Public Finance & Budgeting Section, 2010–11
Presenter/Co-Author Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA): 2011
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM): 2004–12
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM): 2006, 2009–12
Association for Research on Nonprofit Orgs. and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA): 2011
Minnowbrook III Conference on the Future of Public Administration Around the World
National Tax Association (NTA): 2012
Western Social Science Association–Public Finance & Budgeting Section: 2005–10

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
U.S. Census Bureau, Governments Division, 2010
Arizona State University, School of Public Affairs, 2011
The University of Georgia, Department of Public Administration and Policy, 2011 (Inaugural Del Dunn Lecture)
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors, 2012
German Research Institute for Public Administration, 2012
Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government and Public Service, 2013 (forthcoming)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Co-Editor Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (Comparative Policy Statistics), 11/11–present
Editorial Boards Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 01/11–present
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 06/09–present
Journal of Public Management and Social Policy, 01/08–present
Executive Committee Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), 01/12–present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer International Public Management Journal; Journal of Public Policy; Nonprofit and
Voluntary Sector Quarterly; Municipal Finance Journal; Policy Studies Journal; Public
Finance Review; Public Performance & Management Review; Review of Public
Personnel Administration; State and Local Government Review
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
08/11–present Faculty Fellow in Residence, Greenwich Hotel Residence Hall
SCHOOL SERVICE
11/12–present Member, Dean Search Committee
06/11–01/12 Co-chair, Financial Management Faculty Search Committee
08/10–05/12 Advisor to Wagner Economics and Finance Association (student organization)
06/10–05/12 Advisor to Wagner Management and Leadership Organization (student organization)
01/09–present Member, Faculty Budget and Finance Oversight Committee
EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES
02/09–present Board of Directors, NYU Federal Credit Union (Secretary and Treasurer, 05/10– )
02/09–present Assets and Liabilities Mgmt. Committee, NYU Federal Credit Union (Chair, 05/10– )
05/09–03/10 Research Consultant, New York Citizens Budget Commission
DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
Daniel Bromberg, Rutgers University-Newark (Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire)
Weerasak Krueathep, Rutgers University-Newark (Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University)
Sunjoo Kwak, Rutgers University-Newark (Assistant Professor, The University of Alabama at Birmingham)
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS
2012 Faculty Member of the Year, National Residence Hall Honorary, New York University Chapter
2011 Goddard Junior Faculty Fellowship, New York University
Professor of the Year, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
2008 Distinguished Alumni Award, School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware
2007 Ph.D. Student of the Year, Department of Public Administration and Policy, The University of Georgia
2004 Outstanding MPA Graduate, School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware
Pi Alpha Alpha National Honor Society of Public Affairs and Administration
2002 Phi Beta Kappa
George A. Johnson Award for Academic Excellence, University of Delaware
2001 Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science National Honor Society
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Society for Public Administration (ASPA)
Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM)
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
Public Management Research Association (PMRA)
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