Yilin Hou
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs
Contact Information
yihou@maxwell.syr.edu
426 Eggers Hall
(315)443-9072
Office Hours:
By Appointment
Staff Support
Emily Minnoe
(315) 443-3114
erminnoe@syr.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Yilin Hou CV
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Degree
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2002
Specialties
Fiscal policy, public budgeting, intergovernmental fiscal relations
Courses
Spring 2021
PAI 996.001 Master's Project Course, Tu 2:15-5:00, Online
PAI 790.001 Public Finance: An International Perspective, TuTh 9:30-10:50, Online
Biography
Yilin Hou is a Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, a Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar, and a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Policy Research. Hou’s field of expertise is public finance. His research interests are fiscal policy, public budgeting, and intergovernmental fiscal relations as related to the core of development and governance. Much of his research focuses on the smooth operation of government finance across the boom-bust cycles of the economy. He is particularly interested in researching rule-based, time-consistent fiscal policies that will contribute to how the government sector can tell whether the vicissitudes of economic fluctuations and other aspects of the society in order to provide smooth and stable public services and goods.
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Publications
Selected Papers
Research Interests
Fiscal/budgetary Institutions
State and Local Taxation
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations
Intellectual Development of Public Budgeting
Research Grants and Awards
Principal Investigator. "International Comparative Study Conference on the Administration of the Real Property Tax: Generating Lessons for Reform and Improvement." Funded by Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE) Grant Program. 2019-2022.
Principal Investigator. “Improving Local Property Tax Administration in New York State,” with Co-Principal Investigators John Yinger,
Michael Wasylenko, and Minch Lewis. Funded by the Collaboration for
Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE) Grant Program. 2018-2020.
Principal Investigator. “Montgomery County Municipal Restructuring Fund Projects,” with Co-Principal Investigators Michael Wasylenko and Minch Lewis. Funded by a Services Agreement with Montgomery County NY. 2018-2019.
Principal investigator. "Toward Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability: Identifying Successes and Potential Financial Uncertainties." Funded by San Diego County, California. 2015-2016.