| Professor Skidmore's major fields of research are public economics and economic development. He currently holds the position of Morris Chair in State and Local Government Finance and Policy and is a member of MSU Extension State and Local Government Team. He holds appointments in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics. He has served as a consultant on a range of issues including economic development, government public finance and policy, and price determination. Recent research areas include economics of the public sector, economic development and the economics of natural disasters. He has published the results of his research in journals such as Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, Journal of Urban Economics, National Tax Journal, and Public Choice. Much of Dr. Skidmore's research and outreach focuses on public finance policy and the relationship between public finance policy and economic development.
Professional Interests
- Intergovernmental relations and the effectiveness of government operations
- Interrelationship between government activities and economic development
- The impact government tax/subsidies/development incentives on economic activity
- Economics of natural disasters
Selected Publications
“Perfect Competition, Urbanization, and Tax Incidence in the Retail Gasoline Market” (with James Alm and Edward Sennoga), forthcoming in Economic Inquiry.
“Economic Development and the Impacts of Natural Disasters” (with Hideki Toya), Economics Letters, Vol. 94, 2007
“Do Motor Fuel Sales-Below-Cost Laws Lower Prices?” (with James Alm and James Peltier), Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2005.
“Interstate Competition and the Limits of State Lottery Revenues” (with Mehmet Tosun), National Tax Journal, Vol. LVII, No. 2, 2004
“Do Natural Disasters Promote Long-run Growth?” (with Hideki Toya), Economic Inquiry, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2002.
"Did Distortionary Sales Taxation Contribute to the Growth of the Service Sector?" (with David Merriman), National Tax Journal, Vol. LII, No. 1, 2000.
Funded Research Projects
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Grant (co-funded with University of Wisconsin-Extension): An evaluation of the effects of tax increment financing in Wisconsin, 2005-2006.
- University of Wisconsin-Extension Grant: An examination of the relationship between lake water quality and local economic activity, 2004.
- Urban Institute Grant: An examination of examined Medicaid spending across the states, 2001.
- Fulbright Grant, Japan, 1996-1997.
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