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Richard King Mellon Professor of Finance: Dr. Inman

R. Inman

Dr. Robert Inman has been designated the Richard King Mellon Professor of Finance, effective July 1, 2003.

Dr. Inman has been a member of the Wharton faculty since 1980. He joined the Penn faculty in 1971 as an assistant professor of economics and public policy after having earned his Ph.D., MEd. and A.B. at Harvard. He has held several visiting professor appointments at Harvard University, Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of London, and the Australian National University. Dr. Inman also has served as a research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1981, and he is a current member of Philadelphia Mayor John Street's Council of Economic Advisors.

Dr. Inman's teaching interests include public finance, political economy, and urban fiscal policy. He currently teaches two courses at the undergraduate and MBA levels: Urban Fiscal Policy and Urban Financial Policy, respectively. Recently published papers include "Transfers and Bailouts: Enforcing Local Fiscal Discipline with Lessons from U.S. Federalism," which was published by MIT Press in a book entitled Enforcing the Hard Budget Constraint earlier this year; and "Should Suburbs Help Their Central Cities?", which was published in the Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs in 2002.

Dr. Inman's current research projects focus on economic federalism in the United States, Europe, Russia, and South Africa, and efficient and equitable financing of public services in urban economies.

The Richard King Mellon Foundation's support of Wharton's faculty through the Richard King Mellon Professorship dates back to a 1965 endowment from Pittsburgh financier and philanthropist Richard K. Mellon.  The fund was established to support a professorship in finance.

 

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 26, March 23, 2004

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