ARTHUR O SULLIVAN Curriculum Vitae Address: Department of Economics Birthdate: November 5, 1953 Lewis and Clark College Citizenship: U.S.A. Portland, Oregon 97219 (503) 768-7610 Education B.S. in Economics, University of Oregon, 1975. Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, 1981. Thesis: "Public Policy in an Urban Economy: A General Equilibrium Approach." Research and Teaching Fields Urban and Regional Economics Environmental Economics Public Economics Employment Lewis and Clark College Department of Economics: Dr. Robert Pamplin Jr. Professor of Economics, 2001 - present Oregon State University Department of Economics: Associate Professor, 1992-1996; Professor, 1996 2001; Chair, University Graduate Faculty of Economics, 1996 2000 University of California, Davis, School of Management and Department of Economics: Assistant Professor, 1981-1987; Associate Professor, 1987-1992 Volunteer, U.S. Peace Corps, Philippines, 1975-77. Honors and Awards Honors Graduate, Economics Department, University of Oregon (1975) Phi Beta Kappa, University of Oregon (1975)
Outstanding Teacher Award, Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis: 1983-84; 1986-87; 1991-92. Finalist, Outstanding Teacher Award, Oregon State University Honors College, 2001. Journal Publications 1. "A General Equilibrium Model with External Scale Economics in Production," Journal of Urban Economics 13 (1983), pp. 235-255. 2. "The General Equilibrium Effects of Congestion Externalities," Journal of Urban Economics 14 (1983), pp. 80-104. 3. "Second Best Policies for Congestion Externalities," Journal of Urban Economics 14 (1983), pp. 105-123. 4. "Large-Lot Zoning as Second-Best Policy," Journal of Regional Science 24 (1984), pp. 581-589. 5. "Land Use and Zoning in the Central Business District," Regional Science and Urban Economics 14 (1984), pp. 521-532. 6. "The General Equilibrium Effects of the Industrial Property Tax: Incidence and Excess Burden," Regional Science and Urban Economics 14 (1984), pp. 547-564. 7. "The Pricing of Urban Services and the Spatial Distribution of Residence," Land Economics 16 (1985), pp. 17-25. 8. "The General Equilibrium Effects of the Residential Property Tax: Incidence and Excess Burden," Journal of Urban Economics 18 (1985), pp. 235-250. 9. "A General Equilibrium Model with Agglomerative Economies and Decentralized Employment," Journal of Urban Economics 20 (1986), pp. 55-74. Reprinted in Analytical Urban Economics, edited by Harry W. Richardson, a volume in the series Modern Classics in Regional Science, edited by Kenneth J. Button and Perter Nijkamp. Edward Elgar Publishing. 10. "Liability Rules for Toxics Cleanup," Journal of Urban Economics 20 (1986), pp. 191-204. 4/21/15 2
11. "Efficient Taxation in an Isolated City: Variable-Rate Taxes on Property and Income," Perspectives on Local Public Finance and Public Policy 3 (1987), pp. 111-125. 12. "Policy Options for Toxics Management: Laissez-faire, Subsidization, and Enforcement," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 14 (1987), pp. 58-71. 13. "The Spatial Effects of a General Capital Tax: Property Taxes and Urban Labor Markets," Regional Science and Urban Economics 17 (1987), pp 209-222. 14. "Victim Compensation Revisited: Horizontal Equity versus Efficiency in the Siting of Noxious Facilities," Journal of Public Economics 41 (1990), pp. 211-225. 15. "Tall Buildings on Cheap Land: Building Heights and Intra-Building Travel Costs," Journal of Urban Economics 29 (1991), pp. 310-328. 16. "Urban Subcenter Formation" (with Robert Helsley), Regional Science and Urban Economics (1991), pp. 255-275. 17. "Siting Noxious Facilities: A Siting Lottery with Victim Compensation," Journal of Urban Economics 31 (1992), pp. 360-374. 18. "Equity of an Acquisition-Value Property Tax: The Case of Proposition 13" (with Terri Sexton and Steven Sheffrin), State Tax Notes Volume 2, Number 3 (1992), pp. 92-98. 19. "Proposition 13 After the Nordlinger Case" (with Terri Sexton and Steve Sheffrin), National Tax Journal: Proceedings of the National Tax Association (1993), pp. 195-199. 20. "Voluntary Auctions for Noxious Facilities: Incentives to Participate and the Efficiency of Siting Decisions," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 25 (1993), pp. S-12 - S-26. 21. "Altruistic Voting and Campaign Contributions" (with Robert Helsley), Journal of Public Economics 55 (1994), pp. 107-119. 22. "Differential Burdens from the Assessment Provisions of Proposition 13," (with Terri Sexton and Steven Sheffrin) National Tax Journal 47 (1994), pp. 721-729. 23. "Property Taxes, Mobility, and Home Ownership" (with Terri Sexton and Steven Sheffrin), Journal of Urban Economics 37 (1995), pp. 107-129. 4/21/15 3
24. Proposition 13: Unintended Effects and Reform Options, (with Terri Sexton and Steven Sheffrin), National Tax Journal 52 (1999), pp. 99-112. 25. Limitations on Property Taxation: The U.S. Experience, State Tax Notes 18 (May 2000). 26. "The Local Responses to Tax Limitation Measures: Do Local Governments Manipulate Voters to Increase Revenues?" (with David Figlio), Journal of Law and Economics v44, (April 2001), pp. 233-57. 27. Stolen Gun Control (with Robert Helsley), Journal of Urban Economics 50 (3) pp. 436-44 (November 2001). 28. Gentrification and Crime, Journal of Urban Economics 57 (2005), pp. 73-85. 29. Schelling s Model Revisited: Residential Sorting with Competitive Bidding for Land, Regional Science and Urban Economics 39 (2009), pp. 397-408. 30. Option Value and the Price of Teardown Properties (with Daniel McMillen) Journal of Urban Economics 74 (2013), pp. 71-82. 31. The Emergence of Coagglomeration (with William Strange), Journal of Economic Geography 18 (2018), pp. 293-317. Books 1. Urban Economics. Irwin/McGraw-Hill. First edition, 1990; 9th edition, 2018. 2. The Property Tax Revolt: The Legacy of Proposition 13 (with Terri Sexton and Steve Sheffrin). Cambridge University Press (1995). Paperback edition 2008. 3. Economics: Principles and Tools (with Steven M. Sheffrin). Prentice-Hall. First edition, 1998; Tenth edition, 2019. 4. Intermediate Microeconomics. Apple ibooks Store. 2015 Chapters in Books 4/21/15 4
1. "Market Effects of the Experimental Housing Allowance Program," (with Edwin S. Mills) in Do Housing Allowances Work?, edited by Katherine Bradbury and Anthony Downs (Brookings, 1981). 2. Limitations on Property Taxation: The U.S. Experience, in Property Taxation and Local Government Finance, edited by Wallace Oates (Cambridge MA: Lincoln Institute, 2001). 3. The First Cities, Chapter 3 in Companion to Urban Economics (Blackwell, 2007). 4. Urban Economics, Chapter 3 in Encyclopedia of Urban Studies, edited by Ray Hutchinson (Sage, 2009). Reviews 1. Review of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics: A Roadmap, Critical Forum in Journal of Economic Geography 6 (2006), pp. 91-112. 2. Review of Alleviating Traffic Congestion: Alternatives to Road Pricing (by Richard Arnott, Tilmann Rave, Ronni Schob), Journal of Economic Literature, 2007. Working Papers and Research Projects The Emergence of Coagglomeration (with William Strange) An Agent-Based Model of Urban Interactions (with Robert Helsley) Using GIS to Map and Measure the Spatial Distribution of Employment in Cities Government Reports "Government Intervention in Municipal Solid Waste Markets," report commissioned by the National Academy of Sciences, 1979. "Rate Relief for Industrial Users of Electricity in California," report submitted to the University-wide Energy Research Group, 1984. "Disposal Fees for Hazardous Waste: An Economic Analysis," report submitted to California State Legislature, 1986. 4/21/15 5
"Revision of the Property Tax System in California: New Data and Analysis" (with Terri Sexton and Steve Sheffrin), report submitted to California Policy Seminar, 1993. Professional Activities Associate Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2011 - present Reviewer for: American Economic Review Brazilian Journal of Econometrics Eastern Economic Journal Economic Inquiry Journal of Economic Education Journal of Economic Geography Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Journal of Policy Analysis and Management Journal of Public Economics Journal of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association Journal of Regional Science Journal of Urban Economics Land Economics National Science Foundation National Tax Journal Northwest Journal of Business and Economics Regional Science and Urban Economics Regional Science Association International Scandinavian Journal of Economics Transportation 4/21/15 6