Robert Walker
Associate Professor
MBA
Willamette University
United States of America
Biography
Robert W. Walker, Ph. D. is Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University. Though his Ph.D. is in political science, Professor Walker has taught statistics and research methods to both undergraduate and graduate students at Dartmouth College, Texas A&M University, Washington University in Saint Louis, and Rice University prior to his arrival at Atkinson in addition to courses in political economy. He was a regular instructor in the National Science Foundation's Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models summer program at Washington University in Saint Louis and has regularly taught courses in the analysis of longitudinal data at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis in the United Kingdom.
Research Interest
Statistical computing and simulation methods, political economy, public finance, quantitative program evaluation
Publications
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Sinclair-Chapman V, Walker RW, Gillion DQ. Unpacking civic participation: Analyzing trends in black [and white] participation over time. Electoral Studies. 2009 Dec 31;28(4):550-61.
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Krueger S, Hawkins CV, Walker RW. The Cost of Boosterism: Economic Development, Growth Management, and Municipal Bond Ratings. Municipal Finance Journal. 2010;31(2):51.
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Krueger S, Walker RW. Management practices and state bond ratings. Public Budgeting & Finance. 2010 Dec 1;30(4):47-70.
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Krueger S, Walker RW, Bernick E. The intergovernmental context of alternative service delivery choices. Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 2011 Aug 19;41(4):686-708.
