David Matkin
Assistant Professor
Public Administration and Policy
University at Albany
United States of America
Biography
David Matkin has served in a number of practitioner positions before completing his Ph.D. He worked as an immigration officer at the Canadian border, trained and helped implement TANF and workforce policies in Utah, and served as the Assistant Ethics Administrator for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Matkin's research examines multiple areas of public financial management, including: internal control and accountability, debt financing, budget reform, interlocal cooperation, and economic development through state tax credits. Dr. Matkin received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Kansas. His dissertation examined the management of state corporate income tax incentives, and Dr. George Frederickson was his major professor. Dr. Matkin has an MPA from the Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University.
Research Interest
Public budgeting; state budgets; public pension systems
Publications
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"Recognizing and Responding to Retirement Obligations: Other Post-Employment Benefits in Florida Cities and Counties" (2013) in The American Review of Public Administration, 43(5), 558-580, with Alex Krivosheyev.
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"Report Card Update: Florida Municipal Pension Plans" (September 2014). Research report produced for the LeRoy Collins Institute, Florida State University, with Patrick Orecki (Rockefeller MPA Student).
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"The Consolidation of State-Administered Public Pension Systems in U.S. States" (2015) in Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, 27(4), 455-481, with Gang Chen.
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“Actuarial Inputs and the Valuation of Public Pension Liabilities and Contribution Requirements: A Simulation Approach.†(Forthcoming) in Public Budgeting & Finance, with Gang Chen.
