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Robert P. Inman
Richard King Mellon Professor of Finance


Education

PhD, Harvard University, 1971; MEd, Harvard University, 1967; AB, Harvard University, 1964

Recent Consulting

Tax policy, City of Philadelphia, 1988-98; Municipal finance, Chemical Bank, 1989-90; Citicorp, 1980; Regulation of public enterprise, UPS, 1986-87; Federal tax policy, U.S. Treasury, 1985; Pension Policy, California, 1994; National Academy of Sciences panel Member, "Demographic and Economic Imparts of Immigration," 1995-97; Fiscal policy, republic of South Africa, 1994-2000; World Bank, 1994-present; National Academy of Sciences panel member, "Estimating Eligibility and Participation for the WIC Program," 2001-2003; Member, Mayor's Council of Economic Advisors, Philadelphia, 2002-present

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Fellow, 1976; Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, 1992-93; Fulbright Florence Chair of Economics, European University Institute, Florence, Italy; Undergraduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1992, 1994, 1998; Graduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award, 1997, 2000; The Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, 2000 (University of Pennsylvania); Helen Kardon Moss Anvil Award, 1978, 2001

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1980-present (Vice Dean and Director, Doctoral Programs, 2005-2009; named Richard King Mellon Professor of Finance, 2003). University of Pennsylvania: 1971-present. Visiting appointments: Chulalongkorn University, Thailand; Harvard University; Stanford University; University of California, Berkeley; University of London; Australian National University; European University Institute, Florence, Italy

Other Positions

Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1981-present; Visiting Senior Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, 1980, 1982-1987, 1991-92, 1994, 1997, 23002

Professional Leadership 2005-2009

Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1987-present; Executive Committee, International Seminar in Public Economics, 1990- present; Associate Editor, Public Finance Quarterly, 1980-present

Publications
Robert P. Inman (2003), Transfers and Bailouts: Enforcing Local Fiscal Discipline with Lessons from U.S. Federalism, Enforcing the Hard Budget Constraint, J. Rodden, ed., MIT Press, 2003.
Robert P. Inman (2002), Should Suburbs Help Their Central Cities?, Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, 2002.
Robert P. Inman (2001), Fiscal Policy in Open Cities with Mobile Firms and Household, Regional Science and Urban Economics, (April 2001).
Robert P. Inman (1999), Changing the Price of Pork: The Impact of Local Cost Sharing on Legislators' Demands for Distributive Public Goods, Journal of Public Economics, (February 1999).
Robert P. Inman (1997), Rethinking Federalism, Journal of Economic Perspectives, (Fall 1997).

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In The News
4 reasons why Texas beats California in a recession, Fortune, 07/13/2010, Robert P. Inman
Unemployment, not budget practices, to blame for state woes, Washington Post, 06/22/2010, Robert P. Inman
Public Policy Gains a Foothold at B-School, BusinessWeek.com, 03/01/2010, Robert P. Inman

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Inman P. Robert
Robert P. Inman
2257 Steinberg-Dietrich Hall
3620 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 898-8299
inman@wharton.upenn.edu

Research Interests:
Public finance; political economy; urban fiscal policy