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
Merl Hackbart
Professor of Finance and Public Administration

445 Gatton College of Business and Economics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0034

Phone: (859) 257-1627
Fax:     (859) 323-1937
E-mail: fin008@uky.edu
  

Biography:

Merl Hackbart, Ph.D., is Professor of Finance and Public Administration at the University of Kentucky. He has previously served twice as State Budget Director for Kentucky, as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Governor of Kentucky and on the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. He currently serves on the Kentucky Consensus Revenue Forecasting Group, is a member of a GAO Intergovernmental Issues Panel and is a Senior Fellow at the Council of State Governments. He has held various administrative positions at the University of Kentucky including Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Associate Dean of the College of Business and Economics and Director of the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration. His research has focused on state financial management issues including state budgeting, debt management, transportation finance and state investment policies. He has also served as a consultant to the EPA, the OMB, and the USIA and to various state agencies and organizations such as NGA and NASBO among others.

Recent Publications:

  • "Higher Education Finance and Governance in the American States," Proceedings: International Conference on Higher Education Reform, co-author, forthcoming, 2001.
  • "Reinventing in the American States: Content and Implications," Proceedings: Transatlantic Conference on "Changing Governance in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany", (St. Martins Press), co-author, forthcoming, 2001.
  • "Estimating Tax Evasion Losses: The Road Fund Case," Public Budgeting and Finance, co-author, Vol. 21, No. 1, March, 2001.
  • "The Theory of the Public Sector Budget: An Economic Perspective," Perspectives on Budget Theory, (Khan and Hildreth eds.), Praeger Publishing Group, co-author, forthcoming, 2001.
  • "Cheating Our State Highways: Methods, Estimates and Policy Implications of Fuel Tax Evasion," Transportation Quarterly, Vol. 54, No. 2, Spring, 2000, co-author.