UC Davis experts: State economy

The University of California, Davis, has campus experts available to explain the state economy and taxation issues. If you are looking for sources on any related topics, please contact Claudia Morain, News Service, (530) 752-9841, cmmorain@ucdavis.edu.

• State economy and taxation issues
• Local, regional and state taxation

State economy and taxation issues

Steven M. Sheffrin, dean of the Division of Social Sciences and a professor of economics, directs the UC Davis Center for State and Local Taxation. He can talk knowledgeably about regional and state finances. Sheffrin's work in tax policy focuses on practical, policy-oriented issues, including property taxation and tax compliance. He has consulted widely and participated in a major tax reform study by the California Business-Higher Education Forum. A former financial economist with the U.S. Treasury, a Brookings Economic Policy Fellow and a member of the board of the National Tax Association, Sheffrin is an expert on fiscal policy and politics. He worked at the Treasury Department when Ronald Reagan's administration moved the bill through Congress to cut income taxes. Contact: Steven M. Sheffrin, economics, (530) 754-8925, smsheffrin@ucdavis.edu.

Local, regional and state taxation

Terri A. Sexton is associate director of the UC Davis Center for State and Local Taxation and a professor of economics at California State University, Sacramento. She served as a member of the Task Force on Fiscal Reform of the California Business-Higher Education Forum. She has served as co-investigator for several tax related studies, including a property tax oversight study for the California State Board of Equalization. Sexton was also a co-author of the comprehensive study of the economic and fiscal impacts of Proposition 13 with Steven M. Sheffrin and Arthur O'Sullivan that culminated in Property Taxes and Tax Revolts: The Legacy of Proposition 13 (Cambridge University Press, 1995). Her research has appeared in such publications as National Tax Journal, Land Economics, Rand Journal of Economics, and Journal of Urban Economics. Contact: Terri Sexton, California State University, Sacramento, (916) 278-6223, tames@saclink.csus.edu, or Center for State and Local Taxation, (530) 752-2042, tasexton@ucdavis.edu.

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