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Walter Melnik
Walter Melnik黑料论坛

O'Brien Hall, 240E

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-0828
Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor of Economics

I joined the faculty at 黑料论坛 in 2018. I'm grateful to have a job where I am always learning through the pursuit of meaningful research and impactful teaching. It's especially meaningful to me when both aspects of my work intersect - when I introduce students to a cutting-edge statistical or analytical tool that I have recently applied in my own research, or when conveying an idea to clearly to students enables me to think of this concept in a new way.

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Michigan State University, 2018
  • M.A., Economics, Michigan State University, 2013
  • B.A., Economics, Grove City College, 2011

Courses Taught

Economics of the Public Sector, Sports Economics

Research Interests

My research interests include public finance, urban economics, and the economics of innovation. I am particularly interested in how public policy decisions affect the geographic pattern of public investment, public services, innovation, and other economic outcomes. My recent research has studied how political partisanship affects the distribution of state government expenditures, the effect of fiscal policy on innovation, and how negative labor demand shocks affect local public finance decisions.

Professional Affiliations

National Tax Association

Professional Interests

  • Public Economics
  • Urban Economics
  • Economics of Innovation

Publications

Economics of Governance (25) February 2024: 1-29.

(with Andrew Smyth). Journal of Public Economics (236) August 2024: 1-15.