B. JERED CARR
C U R R I C U L U M V IT A E January 2006
Contact Information: Wayne State University Department of Political Science 2017 F/AB, Detroit, MI 48202 313/577-2639 (Voice), 313/993-3435 (Fax) [e-mail]
Education: Doctor of Philosophy, Public Administration, 2000 Reubin OD. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Study in Public Policy with emphasis on Environmental and Urban Policy. Dissertation Title: The Political Economy of Local Government Boundary Change: State Laws, Local Actors and Collective Action. Master of Arts, Economics, 1994 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida Study in Economics with emphasis on Environmental Economics. Thesis Title: Pollution Control Success in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, 1988 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida Study in Finance with intermediate courses in Economics and Accounting.
Instructional Experience: Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan Assistant Professor, (August 2001 - Present), Department of Political Science Core faculty in MPA program. Teach selected courses for Urban Policy concentration (MA and PhD) and the undergraduate (BA and BPA) programs. Courses Taught: Public Administration and its Environment, Public Financial Management, Urban Administration, Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental Politics and Policy, and Bureaucracy and Public Policy. 1
Assistant Professor, College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina Assistant Professor, (August 1999 - May 2001), Department of Political Science Joint appointment to Master of Public Administration and Master of Environmental Studies programs. Courses Taught: Economic Theory for Policy Analysis, Case Studies in Environmental Issues, Research Methods and Quantitative Analysis, Program Evaluation, Intergovernmental Relations, and Introduction to Public Administration.
Professional Experience: Policy Analyst, The Florida Legislature, Tallahassee, Florida Associate Policy Analyst, (October 1998 - July 1999) Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability Perform evaluations of public programs as directed by the Florida Legislature. Research Associate, Center for International Public Management, Tallahassee, Florida Senior Research Associate, (November 1996 - March 1998) Provide research support for various projects on a contract basis.
Sponsored Research: Cooperate or Die: The Effects for Michigan Local Governments of the Headlee Amendment/Proposal A Interaction, Richard J. Barber Fund for Interdisciplinary Legal Research, June 2005 - June 2007, $12,433. Special District Formation and Developmental, Fiscal, and Planning Outcomes in Michigan Communities, Richard J. Barber Fund for Interdisciplinary Legal Research, June 2003 - June 2005, $12,000. City and County Government Home Rule and the Formation of Special Districts, University Research Grant Program, Wayne State University, Fall 2002, $6,834. Assessing the Effects that Variations in State Restrictions on City and County Government Home Rule on the Formation of Special Districts, State Policy Center, Wayne State University, Summer 2002, $10,850. Local Government Boundary Change: State Laws, Local Actors, and Collective Action, Dissertation Research Grant, Florida State University, 1997, $500.
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Refereed Journal Publications: Carr, Jered B. Forthcoming. Local Government Autonomy and State Reliance on Special District Governments: A Reassessment. Political Research Quarterly. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 2002. Who Becomes Involved in City-County Consolidation? Findings from County Officials in 25 Communities. State and Local Government Review 34(2): 78-95. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 2001. State Annexation Constraints and the Frequency of Municipal Annexation. Political Research Quarterly 54(2): 45970. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 2001. Incentives, Entrepreneurs, and Boundary Change: A Collective Action Framework. Urban Affairs Review 36(3): 382-405. Brower, Ralph S., Mitchel Y. Abolafia, and Jered B. Carr. 2000. On Improving Qualitative Methods in Public Administration Research. Administration & Society 32(4): 363-97. Carr, Jered B. and Ralph S. Brower. 2000. Principled Opportunism: Evidence from the Organizational Middle. Public Administration Quarterly 24(1): 109-37. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 1999. Metropolitan Government and Economic Development. Urban Affairs Review 34(2): 476-488. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 1997. A Reassessment of City/County Consolidation: Economic Development Impacts. State and Local Government Review, 23(3): 166-171.
Edited Books: Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 2004. Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Perspectives on City-County Consolidation and its Alternatives. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
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Book Chapters, Journal Symposia, and NonRefereed Articles Feiock, Richard C., Jered B. Carr, and Linda S. Johnson. 2006. Structuring the Debate on Consolidation: A Response to Leland and Thurmaier. Public Administration Review March/April: In-press. Carr, Jered B. 2004. Whose Game do we Play? Local Government Boundary Change and Metropolitan Governance. In Metropolitan Governance: Conflict, Competition, and Cooperation, Richard C. Feiock, ed. Washington: Georgetown University Press, pp. 212-239. Johnson, Linda S. and Jered B. Carr. 2004. Making the Case for (and Against) CityCounty Consolidation: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. In Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Perspectives on City-County Consolidation and its Alternatives, Jered B. Carr and Richard C. Feiock, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 246-90. Carr, Jered B. and Bethany G. Sneed. 2004. The Politics of City-County Consolidation: Findings from a National Survey. In Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Perspectives on City-County Consolidation and its Alternatives, Jered B. Carr and Richard C. Feiock, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 183-218. Carr, Jered B. 2004. Perspectives on City-County Consolidation and Its Alternatives. In Reshaping the Local Government Landscape: Perspectives on City-County Consolidation and its Alternatives, Jered B. Carr and Richard C. Feiock, eds. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, pp. 3-24. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 2003. Annexation. In Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Policy, Jack Rabin, ed. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., pp. 47-53. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 2000. Private Incentives and Academic Entrepreneurship: The Promotion of City-County Consolidation. Public Administration Quarterly 24(2): 223-245. deHaven-Smith, Lance and Jered B. Carr. 1996. Regulating Water Supply. Chapter 7 In Bringing Common Sense to Florida; Doing it Right in the Sunshine State: Regulatory Reform and the Public Interest. Lynn Leverty and Albert Matheny, eds. Tallahassee, FL: The Florida Policy Institute, pp. 97-115. Lynch, Thomas D. and Jered B. Carr. 1996. Public Administration Implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement. International Journal of Public Administration 19(9): 1555-95. 4
Invited Contributions: Newsletter Articles and Op-Eds: Carr, Jered B. and Meg Comins. 2003. Voters in Hamtramck Made Mistake in Denying Charter Fix. The Detroit News. December 16:15A. Carr, Jered B. 2003. Our Citys Future in Black and White. The Citizen. July 31: 4. Carr, Jered B. 2003. Detroits Council Elections Reduce Political Competition. The Detroit News. March 16: 11A. Carr, Jered B. and Lance deHaven-Smith. 1995. Regulating Water Supply. Bulletin, No. 2. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Institute of Government.
Technical Reports: Carr, Jered B., Keith A. Delhomme, and Linda S. Johnson. 1998. Assessing Community Impacts from Greenways: Recommendations for Identifying, Measuring, and Estimating the Benefits and Costs of Corridors, prepared by the Center for International Public Management, Inc. in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Greenways and Trails. Project funded by the Florida Department of Community Affairs. Final report submitted Feb. 1998. Carr, Jered B., Linda S. Johnson, and James J. Wilson, III. 1997. A Cost-Benefit Decision Model for the Florida Greenways and Trails System, prepared by the Center for International Public Management, Inc. in cooperation with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Greenways and Trails. Project funded by the Florida Department of Community Affairs. Final report submitted June, 1997. Carr, Jered B. 1993. Banking and Financial Services Industry Analysis, prepared for the Juran Institute, Inc. Final report submitted January, 1993.
Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings: Carr, Jered B. and Ralph S. Brower. 1996. Principal-Agent as an Explanation of Nonsanctioned Organizational Behaviors: Is the Theory Useful? Proceedings. Annual meeting of the Academy of Management, August 11-14, 1996, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Other Conference Papers: Carr, Jered B. and Linda S. Johnson. 2006. A War of Words: The Heresthetics of CityCounty Consolidation. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 5-7, Atlanta, GA. Carr, Jered B. and Bethany Sneed. 2006. County Reliance on Special District Governments: Disentangling the Role of State Institutions, Public Entrepreneurs, and the Demand for Services. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 5-7, Atlanta, GA. Carr, Jered B. 2006. Local Government Autonomy and State Reliance on Special District Governments: A Reassessment. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, January 5-7, Atlanta, GA. Carr, Jered B. and Kelly LeRoux. 2005. Which Local Governments Cooperate on Public Safety: Lessons from Michigan. Paper presented at the Creating Collaborative Communities Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, October 31November 1. Carr, Jered B. 2005. Local Government Autonomy and State Reliance on Special Governments. District Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, April 14-16, St. Lake City, UT. Carr, Jered B. and Kelly LeRoux. 2005. Patterns of Interlocal Cooperation in SE Michigan. Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, April 14-16, St. Lake City, UT. Carr, Jered B. 2005. Local Government Autonomy and State Reliance on Special District Governments. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, Chicago, IL (Same paper as presented as UAA.) LeRoux, Kelly and Jered B. Carr. The Social Structure of Interlocal Cooperation in Metropolitan Areas. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 7-10, Chicago, IL Carr, Jered B. and Wenjue Lu. 2004. Benefits in the Absence of Pain? The Fiscal Effects of Rejecting Reform. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15-18, Chicago, IL. Carr, Jered B. and Linda S. Johnson. 2004. A War of Words: The Heresthetics of Creating Regional Government Revisited. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 15 -18, Chicago, IL. (Same paper as presented 6
as UAA.) Carr, Jered B. and Linda S. Johnson. 2004. A War of Words: The Heresthetics of Creating Regional Government Revisited. Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, March 31 - April 3, Washington, DC. Carr, Jered B. and Wenjue Lu. 2004. Rejecting City-County Consolidation: Back to the Status Quo or the Beginning of Something New? Annual Meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, March 13, Gainesville, FL. Carr, Jered B. and Bethany G. Sneed. 2003. Increasing the Complexity of Local Governance: How Local Governments Respond to Restrictive Home Rule. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 3-6, Chicago, IL. Carr, Jered B., Sang-Seok Bae, Richard Feiock, and Wenjue Lu. 2003. Does Consolidation Improve Economic Fortunes? Evidence from Twelve Communities. Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, March 27-29, Cleveland, OH. Johnson, Linda S. and Jered B. Carr. 2003. Making the Case for (and Against) Consolidated Government: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Annual Meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, March 21, Tampa, FL. Carr, Jered B. 2002. The Logic of Selective Action: Toward a new Understanding of Local Government Boundary Change. Devoe Moore Critical Issues Symposium, Decentralized Governance: The Implications of Government Organization in Metropolitan Areas, Florida State University, October 4-5, Tallahassee, FL. Carr, Jered B. and Linda S. Johnson. 2002. A War of Words: The Heresthetics of Creating Regional Government. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28 - September 1, Boston, MA. Feiock, Richard C., Jered B. Carr, and Sang-Seok Bae. 2002. Metropolitan Government and Economic Development: Wage and Firm Size Effects. Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, March 20-23, Boston, MA. Carr, Jered B. 2001. The Logic of Selective Action: Intergovernmental Politics in the Organization of Local Governments. Annual Meeting of the Association for Public Policy, Analysis and Management, November 1-3, Washington, DC. Johnson, Linda S. and Jered B. Carr. 2001. Linking Elite Attitudes to Outcomes of CityCounty Consolidation Referenda: An Exploratory Analysis. Annual Meeting of 7
the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, October 11-13, Baton Rouge, LA. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 2001. Who Becomes Involved in City-County Consolidation? Findings from County Officials in 25 Communities. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, October 1113, Baton Rouge, LA. Carr, Jered B. 2001. Increasing the Complexity of Local Governance: State Restrictions on Home Rule and the Formation of Special District Governments. Annual meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, March 23-24, Jacksonville, FL. Carr, Jered B. 2000. Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and the Creation of Local Governments. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 9-11, Atlanta, GA. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 2000. Transaction Costs Federalism and the Politics of Circumvention: State Rules and the Frequency and Scope of Municipal Annexation. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30 - September 3, Washington, DC. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 2000. Institutional Choice and Local Governance: A Collective Action Framework for Boundary Change. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 30 - September 3, Washington, DC. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 2000. Public Entrepreneurs and the Emergence of Proposals for City/County Consolidation. Annual Meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, April 7-8, Miami, FL. Johnson, Linda S., Jered B. Carr, and Richard C. Feiock. 2000. Actor-Centered Constitutional Change through City/County Consolidation. Annual Meeting of the Florida Political Science Association, April 7-8, Miami, FL. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 1999. Incentives, Entrepreneurs, and Boundary Change: A Collective Action Framework. Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, November 4-6, Savannah, GA. Carr, Jered B. 1999. Community Actors and the Unification of Local Governments: Findings from a National Survey of Communities Considering City-County Consolidation. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, October 7-9, St. Petersburg, FL. 8
Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 1999. An Economic Theory of Local Boundaries and Boundary Change. Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 25-27, Seattle, WA. Carr, Jered B. and Richard C. Feiock. 1999. Toward a Theory of Local Boundary Change: Actors, Interests, and Outcomes. Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Public Administration, January 21-23, Pensacola, FL. Feiock, Richard C. and Jered B. Carr. 1998. A Quasi-Market Theory of Economic D...