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 William Duncombe

Professor of Public Administration
Associate Director, Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP)
 

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Selected Papers

• Education Finance 

• Public Finance and Economic Development

• Elder Migration and Preferences

Finance and Economic Development

 

• "Building State and Local Government Analytic Capacity: Using Regional Economic Models for Economic Analysis of Public Policy," Duncombe, William D. and Wilson Wong. 1998. State and Local Government Review, 30 (Fall): 165-180.

• "The Economic and Fiscal Impact of Lake Remediation on Onondaga County," Duncombe, William D., Shannon Felt, James R. Follain, and Bernard Jump, Jr. 1997. Metropolitan Studies Program Occasional Paper No. 186, Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, August. 

• "The Outlook for Onondaga County's Finances: Baseline Scenario," Duncombe, William and Bernard Jump, Jr. 1997. Metropolitan Studies Program Occasional Paper No. 185, Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, August. 

• "Onondaga County's Economic Performance Since 1980 and Prospects for the Next Decade," Duncombe, William D. and Wilson Wong. 1997. Metropolitan Studies Program Occasional Paper No. 183, Center for Policy Research, The Maxwell School. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University, February. 

• "Public Expenditure Research: What Have We Learned?" Duncombe, William D. 1996. Public Budgeting & Finance, 16(2) (Summer): 26-58.c 

• "The Optimal Mix of Volunteer and Paid Staff in Local Governments: With an Application to Municipal Fire Departments," Brudney, Jeff and William D. Duncombe. 1995. Public Finance Quarterly, 23(3) (July): 356-384. 

• "Judicial Intervention and Local Spending: The Case of Local Jails," Duncombe, William D. and Jeffrey Straussman. 1994. Policy Studies Journal, 22 (Winter): 606-616. 

• "The Impact of Courts on the Decision to Expand Jail Capacity," Duncombe, William D. and Jeffrey Straussman. 1993. Administration and Society, 25 (November): 267-292. 

• Duncombe, William D. and John Yinger. 1993. "An Analysis of Returns to Scale in Public Production with an Application to Fire Protection," Duncombe, William D. and John Yinger. 1993. Journal of Public Economics, 52 (August): 49-72. 

• "State and Local Debt Burdens in the 1980s: A Study in Contrast," Bahl, Roy W. and William D. Duncombe. 1993. Public Administration Review, 53 (January/February): 31-49. 

• "Economic Change and Fiscal Planning: The Origins of the Fiscal Crisis in New York State," Bahl, Roy W. and William D. Duncombe. 1992. Public Administration Review, 52 (November/December): 547-558. 

• "An Economic Evaluation of Paid, Volunteer, and Mixed Staffing Options for Public Services: With An Application to Municipal Fire Departments," Brudney, Jeffrey and William D. Duncombe. 1992. Public Administration Review, 52 (September/October): 474-481. 

• "Demand for Local Public Services Revisited: The Case of Fire Protection," Duncombe, William D. 1991. Public Finance Quarterly, 19 (October): 412-436.

 

Elder Migration and Preferences

• "Chasing the Elderly: Can State and Local Governments Attract Recent Retirees?" Duncombe, William D., Mark Robbins, and Douglas Wolf. March 2000. Under Review

• "Retire to Where? A Discrete Choice Model of Residential Location." Duncombe, William D., Mark Robbins, and Douglas Wolf. November 1999. Under Review.