2005 - Publications and Working Papers
at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-21
The Evolution of Tax Morale in Modern Spain, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Benno Torgler, December 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-20
China's Fiscal System: A Work in Progress, Christine C.P. Wong and Richard M. Bird, November 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-19
Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth: A Comparative Study of China and India, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Mark Rider, October 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-18
Russian Attitudes Toward Paying Taxes – Before, During, and After the Transition, Benno Torgler, James Alm and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, September 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-17
Experimental Evidence for Tax Policy Design, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Mark Rider, Lucy F. Ackert and Ann Gillette, August 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-16
Effects of Tax Morale on Tax Compliance: Experimental and Survey Evidence, Ronald G. Cummings, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Michael McKee and Benno Torgler, July 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0022
Are We Getting What We Paid For? The Need for Randomized Environmental Policy Experiments in Georgia, Paul J. Ferraro, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0021
Water Quality Trading: Legal Analysis for Georgia Watersheds, Kristin Rowles and Ben Thompson, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0020
A Feasibility Analysis of Applying Water Quality Trading in Georgia Watersheds, Kristin Rowles, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0019
User-friendly Software That Allows Farmers To Use Agricultural Metering Data For Management Purposes, Elliott Marsh and Chad Ingersoll, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0018
Irrigated Acreage in Georgia’s Altamaha River Basin During the Drought Year 2000, Krawee Ackaramongkolrotn, Peter Terrebonne, and Ronald Cummings, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0017
Can Public Goods Experiments Inform Environmental Policies?, Paul J. Ferraro and Christian A. Vossler, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0016
Experimental Approaches to Understanding Conflict over Natural Resources, Paul J. Ferraro and Ronald G. Cummings, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0015
Can Encouraging Voluntary Development of Environmental Management Systems Augment Existing Regulations?, Toshihiro Uchida and Paul J. Ferraro, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0014
Investor Reactions to Information Disclosure: Can Providing Public Information About Firms’ Pollution Improve Environmental Performance?, Paul J. Ferraro and Toshihiro Uchida, June 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-15
Earmarking in Theory and Korean Practice, Richard M. Bird and Joosung Jun, June 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-14-2
India: Fiscal Condition of the States, International Experience,and Options for Reform: Volume 2, Roy Bahl, Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Mark Rider, June 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-14-1
India: Fiscal Condition of the States, International Experience,and Options for Reform: Volume 1, Roy Bahl, Eunice Heredia-Ortiz, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Mark Rider, June 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-13
Making Fiscal Decentralization Work in Vietnam, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, June 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-12
Vertical Imbalances and Revenue Assignments in Decentralized Spain, Julio López Laborda and Carlos Monasterio Escudero, June 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0012
Decentralized Sewer Unit Packages as an Alternative for Bulloch County
to Manage Fast Growth, Russell K. Williams, Jr., Donna K. Fisher and Cheryl Tatum, May 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-11
The Land Value Tax in Jamaica: An Analysis and Options for Reform, David L. Sjoquist, April 2005

Working Policy Brief for the Georgia Health Policy Center
The Link between Teen Childbearing and Employment in Georgia, Lakshmi Pandey, Erdal Tekin and Sally Wallace, March 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-10
Tax Compliance of Small Business in Transition Economies: Lessons from Bulgaria, Konstantin Pashev, March 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-09
The Determinants of the Incidence of Intergovernmental Grants: A Survey of the International Experience, Jamie Boex and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, March 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-08
An Analysis of the Jamaican Land Value Tax Rate Structure, David L. Sjoquist, March 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-07
Redistribution via Taxation: The Limited Role of the Personal Income Tax in Developing Countries, Richard M. Bird and Eric M. Zolt, March 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-05
Value-Added Taxes in Developing and Transitional Countries: Lessons and Questions, Richard M. Bird, March 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0011
Estimation of Costs of Phosphorus Removal In Wastewater Treatment Facilities: Adaptation of Existing Facilities, F. Jiang, M.B. Beck, Ron G. Cummings, K. Rowles, and D. Russell, February 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-009
Accounting for Georgia’s Public Water Supply, Ulrich Ebensperger and Phyllis Isley, February 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-06
Fiscal Decentralization, Macrostability, and Growth, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Robert M. McNab, February 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-04
Eastern and Southern Africa Monetary Integration: A Structural Vector Autoregression Analysis, Steven K. Buigut and Neven T. Valev, February 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-03
On Some Non-Equivalence Results of Ad Valorem Tax, Sally Wallace, Daoshu Wang, and Yongsheng Xu, February 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-007
Conservation Pricing Of Household Water Use In Public Water Systems In Georgia’s Coastal Communities: A Preliminary Exploration, Ronald Cummings, Jeremy Hill, Ben Thompson and Douglas Wilson, February 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-006
Georgia Agricultural Water Use Metering Program: Using Results To Benefit Farmers And The State, Ronald Cummings, Mary Beth Walker, and Krawee Ackaramongkolrotn, February 2005

Georgia Health Policy Center Working Paper
The Cost of Teen Births in Georgia, Sally Wallace, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-0010
Water Management in a River Basin with Downstream Externalities, Ujjayant Chakravorty and Donna K. Fisher, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-008
Review of the Current State of Desalination, Ulrich Ebensperger and Phyllis Isley, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-005
Designing Water Conservation Policies That Match Sense With Cents: A Case Study Approach, Ronald G. Cummings and Douglas Wilson, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-004
Enhancing Water Supplies In The Flint River Basin: A Preliminary Exploration Of The ASR Alternative, Douglas Wilson and Ronald Cummings, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-003
An Evaluation of Water Quality Trading for Georgia Watersheds, Kristin Rowles, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-002
Residental Water Demand Management Programs: A Selected Review of Literature, R. Peter Terrebonne, January 2005

Water Policy Working Paper Number 2005-001
Listening Project, Sam Collier, Ben Thompson, Dotti Crews, Jean McRae, Nick Ogden and Mike Vaquer, January 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-02
Choosing between Centralized and Decentralized Models of Tax Administration, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Andrey Timofeev, January 2005

International Studies Program Working Paper Number 05-01
Fiscal Decentralization and The Functional Composition of Public Expenditures, F. Javier Arze del Granado, Jorge Martinez-Vázquez, and Robert McNab, January 2005

"An evaluation of the implementation of Georgia's Pre-k program: Report of the findings from the Georgia Early Childhood Study (2002-03)," Gary T. Henry, Bentley D. Ponder, Dana K. Rickman, Andrew J. Mashburn, Laura W. Henderson, and Craig S. Gordon. December 2004. (View February 2005 news release)