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Graduate Student Activities
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
Our graduate students were professionally active in 2000, earning an early start on their policy analysis careers. Jointly with faculty and on their own, they have published or have had accepted thirty scholarly papers and have another two under review. They presented thirteen papers at professional conferences and worked abroad in four countries. For Ph.D.s awarded, see the academic doctoral activities section of this report.
Scholarly Activities
Femi Alao (Economics)
(with D. P. Hopkins, P. A. Briss, C. J. Ricard, C. G. Husten, J. E. Fielding, V. G. Carande-Kulis, J. W. McKenna, D. J. Sharp, J. R. Harris, T. A. Woollery, and K. W. Harris). "Reviews of Evidence Regarding Interventions to Reduce Tobacco Use and Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke," Am J Prev Med (Suppl), The Task Force on Community Preventive Services, forthcoming.
presented "Economic Evaluations of Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Product Use" (with V. G. Carande-Kulis, D. Hopkins, J. Fellows, and T. A. Woollery) at the American College of Preventive Medicine meetings, Miami, Fla., February 2001.
presented "Determinants of Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care: An Empirical Analysis of Georgia Hospitals" and served as discussant at the Southern Economic Association meetings, Washington, D.C., November 2000.
presented "Determinants of Hospital Provision of Uncompensated Care: An Empirical Analysis of Georgia Hospitals" at the American Public Health Association meetings, Boston, Mass., November 2000.
(with Vilma Carande-Kulis, et. al.) "Quality Assessment of Economic Evaluations Included in the Guide to Community Preventive Services" presented by Carande-Kulis V.G. at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care, The Hague, Netherlands, June 2000.
presented "Results of the Reviews of Economic Evaluations in the Tobacco Product Use Prevention Chapter of the Guide to Community Preventive Services" to the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, Atlanta, Ga., June 2000.
applied for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2000 Dissertation Grant. The grant was approved but not funded.
Jim Barnhart (Economics)
works as Economist with USAID in Jordan.
(with Roy Bahl). "Fiscal Deficits and Fiscal Health of State and Local Governments," Public Policy and Administrative Renewal, Mel Dubnick and Wayne Petrozzi (eds.), Toronto: Mosiac Press, under review.
Grant Black (Economics)
(with Paula Stephan). "Bioinformatics: Emerging Opportunities and Emerging Gaps," Government-Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Computing: New Needs and New Opportunities, Charles Wessner (ed.), National Academy Press, 2000.
(with Paula Stephan). "The Doctoral Workforce," Bienniel Report to Congress 2000, prepared by the National Science Foundation's Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering.
(with Paula Stephan). "Government Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Information Technologies: New Needs and New Opportunities," National Research Council, forthcoming.
Angela E. Blair (Joint Ph.D.)
(with C. B. Cangialose, J. S. Borchardt, T. B. Ades, C. L. Bennett, K. Dickersin, L. L. Emanuel, D. H. Gesme, Jr., I. C. Henderson, L. S. McGinnis, Jr., K. Mooney, L. Mortenson, P. Sperduto, W. Winkenwerder, Jr., and D. J. Ballard). "Purchasing Oncology Services: Summary Recommendations," Cancer, Vol. 88, No. 12, pp. 2876-2886, 2000.
(with D. Fergusson, I. Graham, A. Laupacis, and C. D. Hillyer). "Utilization and Diffusion of Technologies and Drugs Used to Reduce Allogenic Blood Exposure in the United States," Transfusion Medicine Reviews, forthcoming.
(with S. Thomas, G. Corbie-Smith, S. Mohanan, M. Williams and C. del Rio) presented "Assessing the Acceptability of Rapid HIV Testing in an Urban Hospital" at the XIII International AIDS Conference, Poster Presentation, Durban, South Africa, July 2000.
(with A. Bostrom and J. Gribble) presented "Informational Needs for Genetic Testing for Heritable Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Consumers Versus Experts," and (with L. Sampietro-Colom and V. Phillips) presented "A Systematic Review of Preferences in Women's Health Care," at the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care, The Hague, The Netherlands, June 2000.
Stephen Everhart (Economics)
was promoted to the staff of the Chief Economist of the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, and was named Senior Economist, September 2000. Previously Resident Country Economist for the World Bank's Mexico office in Mexico City.
(with Marcelo M. Giugale). "Informality, Size and Regulation: Theory and an Application to Egypt," Small Business Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 95-106, March 2000.
(with Robert Duval-Hernandez). "Leading Indicator Project: Lithuania," World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series 2365, June 2000.
(with Robert Duval-Hernandez). "Short Term Macro Monitoring: Leading Indicator Construction-Mexico," International Studies Program working paper, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, forthcoming.
"Management of Oil Windfalls: Mexico," World Bank mimeo, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series, forthcoming.
"Mexico: Fiscal Sustainability," and (with Jon Halpern) "Mexico: Energy,"Mexico: A Comprehensive Development Agenda for the New Era, Vinh Nguyen and Marcelo Giugale (eds.), World Bank Publishing, 2000.
(with John Dawson). "Kazakhstan: Financing Imbalances in a Resource Rich Economy," and "Lithuania: The Persistent Dependency on the State," Financial Systems in Transition, Alex Fleming and Marcelo Giugale (eds.), World Scientific Publishing, 2000.
served as referee for Small Business Economics.
presented "Oil Price Volatility and Public Investment: Lessons from México" at the Department of Economics and the Law School, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion - Caracas, Venezuela, November 8, 2000.
has been invited to co-teach the IMF/World Bank Institute's short course, "Quantitative Methods in Macro Management," at the Fundação Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (FIPE - Institute of Economic Research), Universidad de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, January 22, 2001 - February 2, 2001.
presented "Oil Price Volatility and the Macroeconomy," at the The World Bank's Energy Conference, Washington, D.C., June 27, 2000.
Chris Geller (Economics)
(with David L. Sjoquist). "Racial Attitudes and Perceptions in Atlanta," The Atlanta Paradox: A Volume in the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality, David L. Sjoquist (ed.), Russell Sage, 2000.
Craig Gordon (Joint Ph.D.)
(with Gary Henry). "Tracking Issue Attention: Specifying the Dynamics of the Public Agenda," Public Opinion Quarterly, forthcoming.
Adam Korobow (Economics)
(with Marcelo Giugale). "Shock Persistence and the Choice of Foreign Exchange Regime: An Empirical Note From Mexico," Policy Research Working Paper 2371, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Mexico Country Department, July 2000.
(with Marcelo Giugale and Steven Webb). "A New Model for Market-based Regulation of Subnational Borrowing: The Mexican Approach," Policy Research Working Paper 2370, Washington, D.C.: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Mexico Country Dept., Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, July 2000.
Robert McNab (Economics)
accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.
(with Sally Wallace). "Microsimulation Modeling in the Russian Federation," Tax Administration in Transition, Dmitry Chernik and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (eds.), Moscow: Unity Publishing, 2000.
(with Sally Wallace). "The Tax Reform Experiments in Transitional Countries," National Tax Journal, Vol. 53, No. 2, June 2000.
(with Jameson Boex and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez). "Multi-Year Budgeting: A Review of International Practices and Applications for Developing and Transitional Economies," Public Budgeting and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 91-112, Summer 2000.
Wasseem Mina (Economics)
presented "The Growth in Short-term Foreign Debt and Financial Crises: Is There a Relation?" at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., November 10-12, 2000.
worked as a Research Fellow at the Guide to Community Preventive Services, Division of Preventive Research and Analytic Methods, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. There he performed systematic economic reviews and examined health and economic consequences of public health and community interventions. He worked on Volume One of the Community Guide, expected to be completed by the end of 2000. It includes systematic reviews and evidence-based recommendations for, among others, tobacco use, alcohol abuse and misuse, sexual behavior, cancer, diabetes, and vaccine preventable diseases. Users of the Community Guide are those who are involved in the planning, funding, and implementation of population-based services and policies to improve community health, including policy makers, public health professionals, providers and purchasers of health care services, and community based organizations.
David B. Rein (Joint Ph.D.)
(with Lynda A. Anderson, Janelle Dixon, Vani R. Gowda, and Kathleen L. Irwin). "Public STD Projects and Managed Care: Opportunities for Partnerships," Sexually Transmitted Diseases, forthcoming.
(with Lynda A. Anderson, Kathleen L. Irwin and Philip Rhodes). "The Association Between Mental Health Disorders and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in a Privately Insured Population," Mental Health Services Research, revise and resubmit.
presented "Public STD Projects and Managed Care: Opportunities for Partnerships" at the National Conference of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention, Milwaukee, Wisc., December 5, 2000.
(with William J. Kassler, Kathleen L. Irwin, and Lara Rabiee). "Direct Medical Cost of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and its Sequelae: Decreasing, but Still Substantial," Obstetrics & Gynecology, March 2000.
(with G. T. Tao and W. J. Kassler). "Medical Care Expenditures for Genital Herpes in the United States," Sex Ttransm Dis, Vol. 27, pp. 32-39, 2000.
was officially nominated by the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention for CDCs for the Charles G. Shepherd Science Award for the year 1999 for his paper (with H. W. Chesson, S. D. Pinkerton, K. L. Irwin, and W. J. Kassler) "New HIV Cases Attributable to Syphilis in the USA: Estimates From a Simplified Transmission Model" (AIDS, Vol. 13, No. 11, pp. 1387-1396, July 30, 1999).
was forwarded for nomination by the Health Services Research Branch of the Division of STD Prevention for consideration for nomination for CDCs Charles G. Shepherd Science Award for the year 2000 for his paper (with G. T. Tao and W. J. Kassler) "Medical Expenditures for Genital Herpes in the United States" (Sex Transm Dis, Vol. 27, pp. 32-39, 2000).
Catherine Shelley (Economics)
served an internship at One NorthEast North America in Chicago, Ill., at the British Regional Development Agency. While there, wrote the White Paper (UK Government Document), "A Coordinated Approach to Inward Investment," which included both a Risk Model and a Vulnerability Index that she developed.
received the International Economic Development Competition first place award for her condensed version of "A Coordinated Approach to Inward Investment," from the Business Facilities Magazine.
Bert J. Slotkin (MPA/JD)
(with Gregory Streib and Mark Rivera). "Public Administration Research from a Practitioner Perspective," Public Administration Review, forthcoming.
Estimates of the Effects of Education and Training on Earnings, Fiscal Research Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, forthcoming.
(with Lakshmi Pandey) worked on the project, Analysis of Effect of Training on Earnings, funded by the State of Georgia Office of Planning and Budget. ($5,700)
and Kathleen Thomas (with Dagney Faulk, Keith R. Ihlanfeldt, David L. Sjoquist, and Jeanie Thomas). An Analysis of Georgia's Economic Development Tax Credit Incentives, Fiscal Research Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, 2000.
and Kathleen Thomas (with David L. Sjoquist). A Profile of Georgia's Economic Performance and Competitiveness, Fiscal Research Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, 2000.
and Kathleen Thomas (with David L. Sjoquist, Jeanie Thomas, and Lakshmi Pandey) provided analysis of Georgia's Economic Development Tax Credit Incentives for the State of Georgia Governor, Roy Barnes.
served on the college Web Oversight Committee.
Marcela Szymanski (Economics)
presented "Reading Between the Lines of the EU-Mexico Free-trade Agreement" at a seminar organized by the International Studies Center of the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico City, March 2000.
completed an internship with The Carter Center, during which she traveled to Mexico in order to report on elections in that country.
spoke about the Mexican elections during an event at the World Trade Center in July, 2000.
Profile of Georgia State Revenues 1974-1999, Fiscal Research Program, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, 2000.
See also W. Joseph Smith.
