2021 Deil S. Wright Symposium

Virtual

Introductions and Welcome

8:45-9:00AM

The Future of Fiscal Federalism

9:00-10:30AM

Discussant: Paul Chalekian (University of Nevada, Reno)

If Congress Can't Budget, Can It Influence Intergovernmental Relations?

Nicholas Jacobs (Colby College)

Fiscal Sustainability of Mexican Debt Decisions: Is Bad Behavior Rewarded?

Carmina Jimenez Quiroga (CENTRUS/Universidad Iberoamericana)

Heidi Jane M. Smith (CENTRUS/Universidad Iberoamericana)

Too Many Governments and Not Enough Government: Does Citizen Voice Restrain Government Growth?

Yoon-Jung Choi (Syracuse University)

Break

10:30-10:45AM

Rethinking Models of Intergovernmental Relations

10:45AM-12:15PM

Overcoming dysfunctional integration through domestic administrative capacity building: a new approach to Europeanization

Claudia Badulescu-Colfer (European University Institute)

National and Subnational Bureaucracies' Capacity for Service Provision: A Human-Capital Approach to Decentralized Governance

Ricardo A. Bello-Gomez (Indiana University)

Immigration Federalism in the U.S.: A New Theoretical Model

Sara Kuehlhorn Friedman (Portland State University)

Intergovernmental Collaboration or Conflict?

Matt Bagwell (Tarleton State University)

Lunch Break

12:15-1:15PM

Studying and Practicing Intergovernmental Relations and Federalism Across Fields

1:15-2:45PM

Going Deep: Studying Charter Schools from the Bottom Up

Carol Weissert (Florida State University)

Matthew Uttermark (Florida State University)

A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

John Kincaid (Lafayette College)

Using Wright's ASAP Data from 1964-2008 to Study Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations: New Data for Scholars and Practitioners

Jason Webb Yackee (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Susan Webb Yackee (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Wrap Up

2:45-3:00PM