Research and Impact

Professor Jill Clark provides a theoretical framework that links public managers' and community leaders' perspectives on their own political efficacy and sources of their efficacy, yielding four types of “designers.” 

This study, published in the Economic Development Quarterly, examines the effect of tax increment financing (TIF) on economic growth in Indiana.

Associate Professor Katie Vinopal examines whether the benefits of representation stem from individual (direct)- versus organizational (indirect)-level pathways, or both.

Professors Jill Clark and Neal Hooker compare the consumption patterns and diet quality of foods and beverages obtained from various sources by food security status.

Professor Neal Hooker reviews empirical assessments of Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (SEBTC) and Electronic Benefits Transfer research, and presents policy considerations in the program's future expansion.

Associate Professor Katie Vinopal evaluates the degree associations between neighborhood disadvantage and outcomes persist into elementary school and whether neighborhood disadvantage interacts with household disadvantage.

Professor Bielicki investigated how subsurface and atmospheric leakage from geologic CO2 storage reservoirs could impact the deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage in the global energy system. 

Hongtao Yi investigates why various mechanisms of cooperation among local authorities are chosen using the theoretical lens of institutional collective action.