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 Professor Yinger
 451 Eggers Hall 
 Phone: (315) 443-9062 
 Email:  jyinger@maxwell.syr.edu
 http://faculty.maxwell.syr.edu/jyinger

 

Please contact Mrs. Santy to make an appointment with the professor. 

•  Secretary: Mary Santy 
   426 Eggers Hall
   Phone: (315) 443-3115
   Email: mjsanty@maxwell.syr.edu

Course Overview and Requirements

Class Conference Presentations

•   Order for Final Presentations 

Syllabus

•    Spring 2008 Syllabus
   

Class email list

Assignments

•   Case Assignments

•   Case Preference Form

•   Instructions for Case Discussion

•   JY's Tips for Professional Writing

Lecture Notes (To be posted before each class)

•  Lecture 1   - Introduction and Overview

•  Lecture 2   - The Demand for Local Public Services

•  Lecture 3   - Voting

•  Lecture 4   - Public Sector Costs: Concepts

•  Lecture 5   - Public Sector Costs: Policy

•  Lecture 6   - State and Local Revenue: Overview

•  Lecture 7   - Property Tax Capitalization

•  Lecture 8   - Property Tax Incidence

•  Lecture 9   - State and Local Sales and Income Taxes

•  Lecture 10 - Revenue from Government Monopoly

•  Lecture 11 - User Fees

•  Lecture 12 - State and Local Public Infrastructure

•  Lecture 13 - Bond Markets

•  Lecture 14 - Issuing Bonds

•  Lecture 15 - Economic Development Concepts

•  Lecture 16 - Economic Development Policy

•  Lecture 17 - Introduction to Intergovernmental Relations

•  Lecture 18 - State Education Aid Formulas

•  Lecture 19 - State Policies Related to Education Aid

♦Student Papers 2005
♦Student Papers 2006
♦Student Papers 2007