7th Annual Deil S. Wright Symposium

Friday, April 3 | 9:00 a.m.  - 4:30 p.m.    Salon 2

The Future of Fiscal Federalism

Discussant
Paul Chalekian
Adjunct Professor, University of Nevada—Reno

Presenters
Yoon-Jung Choi
Graduate Associate, Syracuse University
Too Many Governments and Not Enough Government: Does Citizen Voice Restrain Government Growth?

Nicholas Jacobs
Faculty Fellow, Colby College
If Congress Can't Budget, Can It Influence Intergovernmental Relations?

Carmina Jimenez Quiroga
Research Assistant, CENTRUS
Fiscal Sustainability of Mexican Debt Decisions: Is Bad Behavior Rewarded?

Heidi Jane Smith
Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana
Fiscal Sustainability of Mexican Debt Decisions: Is Bad Behavior Rewarded?

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. 
Rethinking Models of Intergovernmental Relations

Discussant
Phil Rocco
Assistant Professor, Marquette University

Presenters
Santiago Leyva Botero
Professor, Eafit University
Toward a New IGR Agenda for Unitary Regimes of the Global South: Understanding the Negative Consequences of the Ideas of New Federalism and Public Choice in Colombia

Claudia Badulescu-Colfer
Researcher, European University Institute
Overcoming Dysfunctional Integration through Domestic Administrative Capacity Building: A New Approach to Europeanization

Ricardo Bello-Gomez
Doctoral Student, Indiana University
National and Subnational Bureaucracies’ Capacity for Service Provision: A Human Capital Approach to Decentralized Governance

Sara Kuehlhorn Friedman
Doctoral Student, Portland State University
Immigration Federalism in the United States: A New Theoretical Model

Matt Bagwell
Assistant Professor, Tarleton State University
Intergovernmental Collaboration or Conflict?

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. 
Politics, Information and Intergovernmental Policymaking

Discussant
Chris Stream
Director, School of Public Policy and Leadership, University of Nevada—Las Vegas

Presenters
Carol Weissert
Professor, Florida State University
Going Deep: Studying Charter Schools from the Bottom Up

Matthew Uttermark
Post-Doctoral Associate, Florida State University
Going Deep: Studying Charter Schools from the Bottom Up

Phil Rocco
Assistant Professor, Marquette University
Counting a Fragmented Country: Intergovernmental Politics and the 2020 Census

3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 
Roundtable Discussion: Studying and Practicing Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism across Fields

Presenters
John Kincaid
Professor and Director, Robert B. & Helen S. Meyner Center for the Study of State and Local Government, Lafayette College
A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

Jason Yackee
Professor, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Using Wright’s ASAP Data from 1964-2008 to Study Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations:  New Data for Scholars and Practitioners

Susan Yackee
Professor and Director, La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Using Wright’s ASAP Data from 1964-2008 to Study Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations:  New Data for Scholars and Practitioners

Dave Miller
Professor, University of Pittsburgh
Lessons from the Day:  Future Ideas for Bridging the Conversation between Public Administration and Political Science on Federalism and IGR