1997 - Publications and Working Papers
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

Health Policy Center case study
The Road to Quality Health Care: A Rural Success Story, Karen J. Minyard and Susan B. Toal, December 1997

Research Atlanta reports
Homelessness in Metro Atlanta, December 97

Research Atlanta reports
The Impact of MARTA on Station Area Development, December 1997

Research Atlanta reports
The Cost of Nonattainment: Atlanta's Ozone Imbroglio, December 1997

Research Atlanta reports
Election Issues '97

Fiscal Research Program Report #2
The Georgia Income Tax: Suggestions and Analysis for Reform, Sally Wallace and Barbara M. Edwards, November 1997

Environmental Policy Program Working Paper #1997-001
The Economic Impacts of Controlling No x and VOC Emissions in the Atlanta Region, Laura O. Taylor, November 1997 (90 pp.)

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-7
Fiscal Decentralization, Economic Growth, and Democratic Governance
Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Robert McNab, October 1997

Fiscal Research Program Report/Brief #1
The Sales Tax in Georgia: Issues and Options, Roy Bahl and Richard Hawkins, October 1997

Ozone Reduction Survey Results, Spring 1997, and Summary of Survey Results, Gary T. Henry, Charlotte Steeh, and Mark D. Rivera, July 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-6
Tax Reform in Transition Economies: Experiences and Lessons, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Robert McNab, July 1997

Fiscal Research Program Report #97.2
Economies of Scale in Property Tax Assessment, David L. Sjoquist and Mary Beth Walker, September 1997

Research Atlanta reports
Trends in Atlanta's Employment Profile, August 1997

Research Atlanta reports
Governing Body Survey: 1997 Update, July 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-5
Principios Para Una Estrategia De Descentralizaciòn Fiscal En Nicaragua, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, June 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-4
An Analysis of Alternative Measures of Fiscal Capacity for Regions of the Russian Federation, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and L.F. Jameson Boex,
June 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-3
Fiscal Capacity: An Overview of Concepts and Measurements Issues and Their Applicability in the Russian Federation, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and L.F. Jameson Boex, June 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-2
A Methodological Note on the Reform of Equalization Transfers in the Russian Federation, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and L.F. Jameson Boex, June 1997

Research Atlanta reports
A Population Profile of the City of Atlanta: Trends, Causes and Options, May 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-1
Tax Systems in Transition Economies, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Robert McNab, March 1997

Fiscal Research Program Report #97.1
Sales Taxation of Telecommunications Services in the State of Utah, Richard McHugh, February 1997

Research Atlanta reports
City of Atlanta Service Contracting, February 1997

Research Atlanta reports
The Level and Growth of Property Taxes in the Atlanta Area, February 1997

International Studies Program Working Paper # 97-8
Estonia: Fiscal Management and the Budget Process, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, January 1997