Research and Impact

Working to solve the complex problems facing today’s world.

The Glenn College’s world-class faculty brings practical experience and an interdisciplinary approach to research, analysis and technical assistance. Collaborating across policy areas, and with public and private sector organizations, our work seeks to improve public governance and policymaking.

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Recent Publications

The Responsiveness of Casino Revenue to the Casino Tax Rate
Public Budgeting & Finance
2016

Associate Professor Jim Landers examines the tax base elasticity of the regulated casino industry in Illinois to help estimate state-level revenue impacts of casino tax rate changes.

The Responsiveness of Casino Revenue to the Casino Tax Rate
Public Budgeting & Finance
2016

Associate Professor Jim Landers examines the tax base elasticity of the regulated casino industry in Illinois to help estimate state-level revenue impacts of casino tax rate changes.

Incentives in Third-Party Governance: Management Practices and Accountability Implications
2016

This study, published in Public Administration Review, assesses public managers’ use of contract incentives in practice and advances theory development. 

Constraints and Benefits of Child Welfare Contracts with Behavioral Health Providers: Conditions that Shape Service Access
2016

This study, published by Administration and Policy in Mental Health, examines worker perceptions of how public child welfare agencies' purchase of service contracts with private behavioral health organizations can both facilitate and constrain referral making and children's access to services.

Policy Networks in Complex Governance Subsystems: Observing and Comparing Hyperlink, Media, and Partnership Networks
Policy Studies Journal
2016

Hongtao Yi examines how methods for observing policy networks have not kept up with the development of new network analytic techniques required to understand governance in complex settings.

Pediatric Care Provider Density and Personal Belief Exemptions From Vaccine Requirements in California Kindergartens
American Journal of Public Health
2016

Assistant Professor Christopher Rea explores contextual associations between medical care providers and personal belief exemptions from mandated school entry vaccinations.

Scaling-Up Regional Fruit and Vegetable Distribution: Potential for Adaptive Change in the Food System
Agriculture and Human Values
2016

Professor Jill Clark describe current distribution systems within Ohio, identifies firms interested in scaling-up distribution and inform state-level policy efforts by identifying opportunities to better target any state-level policy and program efforts.

Impact of Product Characteristics and Market Conditions on Contract Type: Use of Fixed-Price Versus Cost-Reimbursement Contracts in the US Department of Defense
Public Performance and Management Review
2016

Dean Trevor Brown used transaction cost economics to produce a conceptual framework that helps explain public-sector contract decisions.