Education
Ph.D. and M.A., Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Focal Areas of Current Research
1. Fiscal/budgetary institutions
2. State and local taxation
3. Intellectual development of public budgeting
4. Chinese financial administration reform as a transitional system
Classes Taught
| Public Financial Administration |
Fiscal/Budgetary Policy Seminar |
| Financial Management |
Public Budgeting Seminar |
| Metropolitan Fiscal Problems |
Selected Journal Articles
Hou, Yilin “A Theoretical Analysis of China's Financial Administration Reforms on the Division of Taxing Power and Outlay Responsibilites 1978-2008,” in Journal of Public Administration, Vol.2, No.2, (April 2009): 36-72.
Hou, Yilin and William Duncombe. “State saving behavior: Effects of Two Fiscal and Budgetary Institutions,” Public Budgeting and Finance, Vol.28, No.3, (Fall 2008): 48-67.
Hou, Yilin.“The Rise and Decline of the Norm of Budget Balance,” in Journal of Public Administration (Guangzhou, China), Vol. 1, No. 2 (June 2008): 1-37.
Hou, Yilin and Donald Moynihan "The Case for Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Capacity," Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Vol. 18 No. 1 (January 2008): 139-159.
Wen Wang, Yilin Hou, and Bill Duncombe. “Determinants of Pay-As-You-Go Financing of Capital Projects-Evidence from the States," Public Budgeting and Finance Vol. 27, No. 4 (Winter 2007): 18-42.
Hou, Yilin.“Budgeting under central economic planning: China 1949-78,” Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Vol.18, Issue 4, (2006): 430-52.
Hou, Yilin.“Budgeting for fiscal stability over the business cycle,” Public Administration Review Vol. 66, No. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2006): 730-41.
Hou, Yilin and Daniel Smith. “A framework for understanding state balanced budget requirement systems: re-examining distinctive features and an operational definition,” Public Budgeting and Finance Vol. 26, No. 3 (September 2006): 22-45.
Hou, Yilin.“Distribution of the effects of savings across expenditure types: evidence from the states,” Municipal Finance Journal Vol. 27, No. 2 (June 2006): 1-28.
Hou, Yilin.“Fiscal reserves and state own-source expenditure in downturns,” Public Finance Review Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 2005): 117-144.
Hou, Yilin.“Budget stabilization fund: structural features of the enabling legislation and balance level,” Public Budgeting and Finance Vol. 24, No. 3 (September 2004): 38-64.
Hou, Yilin.“What stabilizes state general fund spending during downturns: budget stabilization fund, general fund unreserved undesignated balance, or both?,” Public Budgeting and Finance Vol. 23, No. 3 (September 2003): 64-91.
Hou, Yilin, Donald Moynihan and Patricia Ingraham. “Capacity, management and performance: exploring the links,” American Review of Public Administration 2003, No. 3: 295-315
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