The Martin School was pleased to host a symposium addressing current issues in public finance and financial management, including papers addressing financing of government services at the federal, state, and local levels. Broad topics addresses by the papers included:
• Medicaid
• Homeland security
• Bond Markets
• Transportation
• Education
• Economic development
The purpose of the symposium was to facilitate discussion between presenters, discussants, and conference attendees on these important issues. The symposium was held on May 18 and 19, 2006, in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration is consistently ranked among the top programs in the fields of public budgeting and finance. Current research undertakings at the Martin School include projects in transportation finance, education finance, finance for non-profit organizations, health policy and finance, and intergovernmental fiscal relations.

The Martin School is named in honor of Dr. James W. Martin, a scholar, public servant, and professor whose accomplishments have created a lasting legacy of scholarship and service through public finance. This symposium coincided with the 30-year anniversary of the Martin School. The Martin School also houses the newly created Institute for Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (IFIR) which is dedicated to basic and applied research dealing with the relationships among governments and their organization in federal structures.

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Presented Papers:

Presenter	Title	Disscussant
Joseph Cordes, George Washington University	Achieving Greater Homeland Security: Who Should Pay, and How?	David Wildasin, University of Kentucky
Jocelyn Johnston, American University	Assessing the Devolutionary Effects of Welfare Reform.	James Douglas, University of South Carolina
Scott Tarry, University of Nebraska -- Omaha	Access, Efficiency and Sustainability in U.S. Air Transportation: An Application to Rural Air Transportation	Craig Johnson, Indiana University
Shama Gamkhar, The University of Texas at Austin	Political Economy of Grant Allocations: The Case of Federal Highway Demonstration Grants	Michael Pagano, University of Illinois -- Chicago
Istvan Vanyolos, State University of New York -- Albany	Intergovernmental Revenue Estimation and Uncertainty	Eugenia Toma, University of Kentucky
Thomas Downes, Tufts University	Alternative Revenue Generation in Vermont Public Schools: Raising funds outside the tax base to support public education	William Hoyt, University of Kentucky
Rex Facer, Brigham Young University	Financing Transportation in Utah: An examination of alternative with a proposal for a land tax	Robert Eger, Georgia State University
Martin Luby, Indiana University	Privatizing Toll Roads in the United States: A descriptive analysis of some recent cases	Dwight Denison, University of Kentucky
W. Bartley Hildreth, Wichita State University	Federalism and Capital Markets: Financing Infrastructure in Canada and the United States in the Wake of the Disintegration of Infrastructure in New Orleans	Mark Robbins, University of Connecticut
Justin Marlowe, University of Kansas	Determinants and Implications of Capital Leasing Among Local Governments	Beverly Bunch, University of Illinois -- Springfield

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Contact:

Please address questions regarding the symposium to Dwight Denison.

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