Curriculum Vita James R. Landers John Glenn College of Public Affairs 210G Page Hall 1810 College Road Columbus, Ohio 43210 Phone: (317) 292-2158 Email: landers.1@osu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., School of Public Policy and Management, The Ohio State University, 1996. M.P.A., University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 1986. B.A., University of Kentucky, 1982. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Clinical Associate Professor, Enarson Fellow, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, September 2018-Present. Director, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis, Indiana Legislative Services Agency, November 2012- August 2018. Senior Fiscal/Program Analyst, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis, Indiana Legislative Services Agency, September 2000-November 2012. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy Analysis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, August 1997-September 2000. Research Associate, Ohio Legislative Service Commission, December 1991-July 1997. Graduate Research Assistant, National Regulatory Research Institute, The Ohio State University, October 1989-November 1991. Legislative Analyst, Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, July 1984-August 1989. Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Political Science/Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, August 1983-May 1984. ADJUNCT TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, January 2017-May 2018. Adjunct Lecturer, School of Professional Studies, Northwestern University, September 2010-August 2018. Associate Faculty, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University- Indianapolis, May 2003 December 2004; August 2011-December 2016. RESEARCH
Landers CV 2 Peer Reviewed Tax Increment Financing: A Propensity Score Approach. With Anita Yadavalli. Economic Development Quarterly. 31(4), November 2017, pp. 312-325. The Responsiveness of Casino Revenue to the Casino Tax Rate. With Kathryn L. Combs, Jaebeom Kim, and John A. Spry. Public Budgeting and Finance. 36(3), Fall 2016, pp. 22-44. Why are State Policymakers Still Proponents of Enterprise Zones? What Explains Their Action in the Face of a Preponderance of the Research?" With Robert T. Greenbaum. International Regional Science Review. 32(4), October 2009, pp. 466-479. What s the Potential Impact of Casino Tax Increases on Wagering Handle: Estimates of the Price Elasticity of Demand for Casino Gaming. Economics Bulletin. 8(6), August 2008, pp. 1-15. Gambling on an Alternative Revenue Source: The Impact of Riverboat Gambling on the Charitable Gaming Component of Nonprofit Finances. With Drew A. Dolan. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 17(1), Fall 2006, pp. 5-24. Why Don t Enterprise Zones Work? Capitalization of EZ Benefits into Property Values. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy. 36(1), August 2006, pp. 15-30. The Impact of Land Capitalization on the Incentive Effects and Potential Use of Enterprise Zones. Planning and Markets: An Electronic Journal. 3(1), September 2000, pp. 23-30. Book Chapters Methods and Issues in Forecasting Casino Tax Revenue. In Jinping Sun and Thomas Lynch (Eds.). Handbook of Government Budget Forecasting. Oxford, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Group, Ltd. 2008, pp. 161-185. Using GIS to Generate Spatial Datasets for Public Management and Analysis: A Description of the Enterprise Zone Fiscal Impact Project in Indiana. In Bruce Rocheleau (Ed.). Case Studies in Digital Government. Hershey, Pennsylvania: Idea Group, Inc. 2007, pp. 298-313. Other Publications The Tiff over TIF: A Review of the Literature Examining the Effectiveness of Tax Increment Financing. National Tax Journal. 67, September 2014, pp. 655-674. Elasticity of the Individual Income Tax Base: The Indiana Case. State Tax Notes. 69(7), August 12, 2013, pp. 449-453. The Two-Sided Coin: Casino Gaming and Casino Tax Revenue in Indiana. Indiana Business Review. 84(1), Spring 2009, pp. 1-6. Future Casino Tax Yields: What Recent Trends in Wagering and Attendance Suggest. Indiana Business Review. 84(1), Spring 2009, pp. 7-13. The Effect of Casino Gambling On Sales Tax Revenues in States Legalizing Casinos in the 1990s. State Tax Notes. 38(14), December 26, 2005, pp. 1073-1083. In the Zone: A Look at Indiana's Enterprise Zones. With Dagney Faulk. Indiana Business Review. 80(2), Summer 2005, pp. 7-12.
Landers CV 3 Business Income Taxes in Indiana: Who Pays? With Dagney Faulk. Indiana Business Review. 79(3), Fall 2004, pp. 1-4. Book Review of Public Budgeting in the United States: The Cultural and Ideological Setting, by Steven G. Koven. Journal of Urban Affairs. 23(1), Spring 2001, pp. 110-112. Conference Proceedings Useful Data May Be Right Under Your Nose: Estimating the Elasticity of Taxable Income with Local Option Income Tax Data. National Tax Association Proceedings: 101 st Annual Conference on Taxation. Philadelphia, PA. August 2010, pp. 228-234. Estimates of the Price Elasticity of Demand for Gaming, and the Impact of Wagering and Admission Taxes on the Demand for Gaming. National Tax Association Proceedings: 100 th Annual Conference on Taxation. Columbus, OH. December 2008, pp. 236-244. Have Recent Changes to Corporate Income Apportionment Formulas Contributed to the Decline of State Corporate Income Taxes? With Diane Powers. National Tax Association Proceedings: 99 th Annual Conference on Taxation. Boston, MA. December 2007, pp. 241-249 The Impact of Casino Gaming on Sales Tax Revenues in States Legalizing Casinos in the 1990s. National Tax Association Proceedings: 98 th Annual Conference on Taxation. Miami, FL. December 2006, pp. 187-195. Analyzing Local Housing Values to Assess the Economic Development Effects of Midwestern Casinos. National Tax Association Proceedings: 97 th Annual Conference on Taxation. Minneapolis, MN. December 2005, pp. 412-419. Forecasting Wagering Tax Collections from Riverboat Casinos in Indiana. National Tax Association Proceedings: 96 th Annual Conference on Taxation. Chicago, IL. December 2004, pp. 189-197. An Empirical Investigation of the Presence of Debt Illusion Among Local Taxpayers. With Patricia E. Byrnes. National Tax Association Proceedings: 93 rd Annual Conference on Taxation. Santa Fe, NM. December 2001, 187-194. Conference Papers not in Conference Proceedings Who Pays When the State Wins? Estimates of the Incidence of State Casino Taxes. Presented at the National Tax Association 105 th Annual Conference on Taxation, Providence, RI. November 2012. Casino Mergers, Acquisitions, and the Harrah s Effect : Case Studies of Casino Consolidation on State Gaming Revenue. With Kathryn L. Combs and John A. Spry. Presented at the National Tax Association 103 rd Annual Conference on Taxation, Denver, CO. November 2010. Taxation and Interstate Competition in Midwest Casinos. With Kathryn L. Combs and John A. Spry. Presented at the National Tax Association 102 nd Annual Conference on Taxation, Denver, CO. November 2009. The Influence of School District Fiscal Conditions on Municipal Adoption of Tax Increment Financing (Revision). With Patricia E. Byrnes. Presented at the 12 th Annual Association for Budgeting and Financial Management Meetings, Kansas City, KS, January 2001. The Influence of School District Fiscal Conditions on Municipal Adoption of Tax Increment Financing. With Patricia E. Byrnes. Presented at the 30 th Annual Urban Affairs Association Meetings, Los Angeles, CA, May 2000. An Analysis of Tax Expenditure Costs in Illinois. Presented at the 58 th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Public Policy Section, Chicago, IL, April 2000.
Landers CV 4 The Implications of Land Capitalization for State Enterprise Zone Programs: Explaining the Establishment of Enterprise Zones Using Rent-Seeking Theory. Presented at the 1999 Annual Public Choice Society and Economic Science Association Meetings, New Orleans, LA, March 1999. Does an Electoral Cycle Exist for Local Economic Development Incentives? The Case of Ohio s Enterprise Zones. Presented at the 56 th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Meetings, Urban and Local Politics Section, Chicago, IL, April 1998. Reports Tax Expenditure Growth in Illinois: Trends, Elasticity and Control Issues. With Leonard Branson and Patricia Byrnes. Springfield, Illinois: University of Illinois at Springfield, May 2002. (Also excerpted in Tax Expenditure Report. Fiscal Year 2001. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Comptroller s Office, April 2002.) Illinois Economic Development Summit Project and Report. Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs. With James Royston, Hugh Pavitt, James Mager, and Rhonda Penelton. Center for Organizational Research and Development, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. March-June 2000. Survey of State Utility Commissions on Regulatory Options for Small Telephone Companies. With William Pollard, Raymond W. Lawton, and David C. Wagman. National Regulatory Research Institute Quarterly Bulletin. 12(1), March 1991, pp. 67-87. State Policies on Small Water System Viability. With Janice A. Beecher and G. Richard Dreese. Columbus, Ohio: The National Regulatory Research Institute, June 1992. Integrated Resource Planning for Water Utilities. With Janice A. Beecher. Columbus, Ohio: The National Regulatory Research Institute, October 1991. Cost Allocation and Rate Design for Water Utilities. With Janice A. Beecher and Patrick C. Mann. Columbus, Ohio: The National Regulatory Research Institute, December 1990. Presentations to Professional Organizations National Conference of State Legislatures, Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives. Philadelphia, PA, November 2017. Improving Evaluation Procedures. (Invited presenter.) Council of State Governments, National Conference, Williamsburg, VA, December 2016. Budget Balance the Old Fashioned Way. (Invited presenter.) National Conference of State Legislatures, Fiscal Leaders Seminar, New Orleans, LA, December 2015. Revenue Misbehavior: Explaining Secular and Cyclical Changes to State Tax Bases. (Invited presenter.) National Conference of State Legislatures, Fiscal Analysts Seminar, Seattle, WA, October 2014. Revenue Forecasting 101: Not Your Dad s Magic Eight Ball. (Invited presenter.) National Conference of State Legislatures, Fiscal Analysts Seminar, Annapolis, MD, October 2013. Assessing Economic Development Incentives: Concepts and Measures to Consider. (Invited presenter.) National Conference of State Legislatures, Jobs Summit, Austin, TX, September 2013. Assessing Economic Development Incentives: Concepts and Measures to Consider. (Invited presenter.) Federation of Tax Administrators, Revenue Estimation and Tax Research Conference, Charleston, WV, October 2011. Taxation and Interstate Competition in Midwest Casinos. Central Indiana Association of Government Accountants, Indianapolis, IN, July 2011. Indiana Gaming Tax Revenue: Sources and Uses. (Invited presenter.)
Landers CV 5 National Conference of State Legislatures, Fiscal Leaders Seminar, Phoenix, AZ, December 2010. Consensus Revenue Forecasting in Indiana: Process Highlights, Strengths, and Weaknesses That Persist. (Invited presenter.) Ball State University, Center for Business and Economic Research, Business Forecasting Roundtable, Muncie, IN, May 2010. Indiana Gaming Tax Revenue: Sources and Uses. (Invited presenter.) National Conference of State Legislatures, Fiscal Analysts Seminar, Chicago, IL, September 2005. Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Indiana s EZs: The Indiana EZ Fiscal Impact Project. (Invited presenter.) Federation of Tax Administrators Revenue Estimation and Tax Research Conference, Burlington, VT, September 2004. The Indiana Enterprise Zone Fiscal Impact Project: Generating an Economic Census of Indiana EZs with GIS Technology and ES-202 Return Data. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS President, National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices, 2017-2018. Member, National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices Executive Committee, 2014-2018. Member, National Tax Association Board of Directors, 2010-2013. STUDENT RESEARCH Jonathan Schatz, Driving Forces: An Economic Analysis of the Argument for Implementing a Pigouvian Tax on Gasoline. Thesis for completion of Master of Arts degree in Public Policy and Administration, Northwestern University. 2017. Sarah Low. Indiana Enterprise Zone Program: Employment Growth and Fiscal Impact Analysis of a Job Creation Tax Credit. Thesis for completion of Master of Science degree in Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. 2004. Krista Goldman. An Examination of Satisfaction and Preferences of Award Shopping Options. Thesis for completion of Master of Marketing Research degree, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 2000. Nilesh Modi. Assessing Viability of a Vegetarian Fast Food Concept. Thesis for completion of Master of Marketing Research degree, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. 2000. AWARDS & HONORS Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University- Purdue University-Indianapolis 2004, 2013. Staff Achievement Award, National Association of Legislative Fiscal Offices, National Conference of State Legislatures 2005. Summer Research Fellowship, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville - 1998.