PPM 640 | Public Finance and Budgeting 

Course Description

“Equips students with the knowledge, vocabulary, skills, and practical tools needed to participate skillfully and ethically in public finance decision-making and to assume a leadership role in guiding dialogue about resource acquisition and allocation choices. Teaches participants to assess context, to identify and analyze budgetary opportunities and constraints facing state and local decision-makers, to generate and evaluate alternatives using frameworks from public finance, and to project impact of choices, including identifying the potential for unintended consequences. State and local governments are the focus of the course, with the federal budget considered only from the perspective of its impacts on the economies and fiscal options of lower governmental levels.”—Muskie School of Public Service Course Guide

Highlighted Work | Testimony to Joint Taxation Committee

A mock testimony to the Maine Joint Taxation Committee to reconsider tax policy changes that would create an unbalanced burden on the people of Maine.