Representative Publications
Brookings Papers on Urban Affairs (co-editor, Vol. 1-10, 2000-2009), Brookings Institution Press.
Sunbelt/Frostbelt: Public Policies and Market Forces in Metropolitan Development, ed. (Brookings Institution Press, 2005), 232 pp. Introductory Chapter: “Metropolitan Development: Patterns, Problems, Causes, Policy Proposals,” pp. 1-25.
"Growth and Convergence in Metropolitan America." The Brookings Institution Press (2002)., 214 pp.
"Poverty and Urban Public Expenditures." Urban Studies 35 (1998).
"The Political Policy Cycle: Presidential Effort vs. Presidential Control." Public Choice 54 (1987).
"Privatization of Public Sector Services in Theory and Practice." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 6.4 (September 1987).
(with H. Pack)
"Foreign Aid and Fiscal Stress." Development, Duality, and the International Economic Regime, Gary Saxenhouse and T.N. Srinivasan, editors, University of Michigan Press, 1999.
(with H. Pack)
"Is Foreign Aid Fungible: The Case of Indonesia?" Economic Journal 100.399 (March 1990).
(with H. Pack)
"Foreign Aid and the Question of Fungibility." Review of Economics and Statistics (May 1993).
Sunbelt/Frostbelt: Public Policies and Market Forces in Metropolitan Development., J. Pack, editor, 232 pp.
Brookings Institution Press, 2005.
Education
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1963; BBA, City College/CUNY, 1959
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1983-present (Chairperson, Public Policy and Management Department, 1992-97). University of Pennsylvania: 1970-present. Previous appointments: Yale University; Southern Connecticut State College; The New School for Social Research. Visiting appointments: Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, 2003-04, 1997-99, 1991-92; Visiting Fellow, European Institute for Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Summer, 1992; Visiting Fellow, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Summer 1991, ‘93, ’96, ’97; Visiting Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for Peace Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Summer 1989; Visiting Fellow, Institute of Urban and Regional Development. The Hebrew University. Summer 1983; Senior Resident in Public Finance, U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1977-79; Visiting Research Associate, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley, April-August, 1975; Research Consultant, Urban Studies Project, City Council, Nairobi, Kenya, June-August, 1971.
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Organizer and Coeditor, Brookings Conference and Papers on Urban Affairs (with Gary burtless), 2005-2009; Editorial Board, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1999-2004; Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2002-present; Senior consultant, The Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 1996-present; Non-resident Sr. Fellow, Economics Division, The Brookings Institution, 1999-present.
