IFIR


A Partnership of
The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky
and
The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University
Dwight Denison
Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Finance

Martin School of Public Policy and Administration
University of Kentucky
425 Patterson Office Tower
Lexington KY 40506

Phone: (859) 257-5742
Fax:     (859) 323-1937
E-mail: dwight.denison@uky.edu
  

Biography:

Dwight Denison is Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Finance at the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at University of Kentucky. His research interests include intergovernmental fiscal management and public finance. He is also interested in the financing of the not-for-profit sector in the context of fiscal federalism. His research on municipal finance and tax administration has been published in various books and journals including: National Tax Journal, Public Finance Review, Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting and Finance, Municipal Finance Journal, Transportation Quarterly, and the Journal of Nonprofit Management. He has served as a public-finance consultant to many well-known organizations including Citizen's Budget Commission, Council of State Governments, and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company.

Recent Publications:

  • Denison, Dwight V. (2003) “An Empirical Examination of the Determinants of Insured Municipal Bond Issues” Public Budgeting and Finance. Vol. 23 (#1 Spring) pp. 96-114.
  • Denison, Dwight V. (2001) "Bond Insurance Utilization and Yield Spreads in the Municipal Bond Market” Public Finance Review. Vol. 29 (September #5) pp. 393-410.
  • Dwight V. Denison, and Angela Beard (2003) “Financial Vulnerability of Charitable Organizations: Lessons from Research” Journal for Nonprofit Management. Vol. 7 (#1 Summer) pp. 23-31.
  • Denison, Dwight V., and Robert Eger III (2000). "Tax Evasion from a Policy Perspective: The Case of the Fuels Tax" Public Administration Review. Vol. 60 (March/April #2) pp. 163-172.
  • Denison, Dwight V. “Tax Coordination” forthcoming in Encyclopedia of American Federalism eds. Joseph Marbach, Ellis Katz, and Troy Smith. Greenwood Press (2005).

Research in Progress:

  • Denison, Dwight and Rex Facer, Interstate Tax Coordination: Lessons from the International Fuel Tax Agreement. Prepared for Spring Symposium of the National Tax Association, May 20, 2005.
  • Denison, Dwight. Property Tax Exemptions and Tax-Exempt Bonds: Do Federal Income Tax Exemptions Influence Municipal Capital Finance?