Dr. Michael Peddle
Public Administration, Public Finance
Professor Peddle is an associate professor in the Division of Public Administration and assistant chair of the Department of Political Science. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University in 1984, and M.P.A. and B.A. degrees from Drake University. He taught economics at Holy Cross College (1984-90). His teaching interests include public finance and financial management, growth management policy, economic development policy, research methods, and program evaluation. His research has focused on local and regional economic development tools and policies, growth management policy, government's role in education, local public finance, and financial management. He also has directed the annual Illinois Policy Survey along with Professor Burrell for the past several years.
Selected Publications:
“Measuring the Financial Position of Municipalities: Numbers Do Not Speak for Themselves,” (with S. Sohl, K. Thurmaier, C. Wood, and G. Kuhn), Public Budgeting & Finance, 2009.
“Negotiating and Bargaining in Economic Development,” Government Finance Review, 2008.
"Development Exactions,"(with R. Dahlstrom), in Financing Economic Development for the 21st Century (White, Bingham, and Hill (eds.)), M.E. Sharpe, 2003.
"Does Government Need to be Involved in Primary and Secondary Education?," Garland Publishing, 2000.
"Do Development Impact Fees Reduce Residential Growth?," (with M. Skidmore), Growth and Change, 1998.
"Development Exactions as Growth Management and Local Infrastructure Finance Tools" (with J. Lewis), Public Works Management and Policy, 1996.
"Planned Industrial and Commercial Developments in the United States," Economic Development Quarterly, 1993.
"The Appropriate Estimation of Intrametropolitan Firm Location Models," Land Economics, 1987.