Areas of interest: Urban economics and public finance

Key Publications:

• For Better or For Worse? School Finance Reform in California , with Eric Brunner and Kenneth
  Ardon, Public Policy Institute of California, 2000.
  
• “Capitalization and the Voucher: An Analysis of Precinct Returns from California’s Proposition 174,”
  with Eric Brunner and Mark Thayer, Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 50, 2001, pp. 517-536.
  
• "Homeowners, Property Values, and the Political Economy of the School Voucher," with Eric
  Brunner, Journal of Urban Economics, Volume 54, 2003, pages 239-257.
  
• "School Finance Reform and Voluntary Fiscal Federalism," with Eric Brunner, Journal of Public
  Economics, Volume 87, 2003, pages 2157-2185.
  
• High Expectations, Modest Means: The Challenge Facing California's Public Schools, with Heather
  Rose, Ray Reinhard, and Sharmaine Heng, Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco,
  2003.
  

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PhD, UCSB Department of Sociology

Areas of Interest

Survey Methodology, Interaction in Online Communities, Open Source

Work Experience
Researcher at the ADPSS (Archivio Dati e Programmi per le Scienze Sociali) in Milan, Italy (1988-1991), Director of Research at UC Universitywide Education Abroad Program (1996-1998), Webmaster at UCSB Letters & Science Information Technology (1999-2001).

Hobbies
Hiking, bicycling, kayaking

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Ph.D. Candidate, UCSB Department of Political Science, 2004

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