Contact Information
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
and
Institute of Government and Public Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
601 South Morgan St #2103 (M/C 144)
Chicago, IL 60607-7121
Phone: (312) 355-3216 (Econ)
Phone: (312) 996-1385 (IGPA)
E-mail: nba_AT_uic.edu

Teaching

Research

Recent Publications
Local Amenities and Rents: Tiebout Takes a Vacation, Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming
Beggar Thy Neighbor? Property Taxation of Vacation Homes, National Tax Journal, December 2006
Property Tax Limitations: An Interpretative Review, National Tax Journal, September 2006

Work in Progress
Voting, Opportunity Costs, and Property Taxes (available soon)
An Insurance Model of Property Tax Limitations (pdf)
The Property Tax and Capital Investment: A Quasi-Experimental Approach
Lump Sum Grants and Opportunity Costs
Location, Location, Location: Efficiency Costs of Local Tax Diversity

A Movie

This documentary chronicles the mercurial rise, sudden fall, and ultimate redemption of the Solonators, Ann Arbor's premier economics satire band.

"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded.
At the outside, babies, you've got about hundred years here.
There's only one rule that I know of, babies - `God damn it, you've got to be kind.'"