Dr. David Matkin is an Assistant Professor in the Reubin O’D.
Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State
University. Dr. Matkin has served in a number of practitioner positions
before completing his Ph.D. He worked as an immigration officer at
the Canadian border, trained and helped implement TANF and workforce
policies in Utah, and served as the Assistant Ethics Administrator
for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.
Dr. Matkin’s research examines multiple areas of public financial
management, including: internal control and accountability, debt financing,
budget reform, interlocal cooperation, and economic development through
state tax credits.
Dr. Matkin received his Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University
of Kansas. His dissertation examined the management of state corporate
income tax incentives, and Dr. George Frederickson was his major professor.
Dr. Matkin has an MPA from the Romney Institute of Public Management
at Brigham Young University.
Recent Publications
and Papers
“The Impact of Local School Property Tax Reductions on City and County Revenue Decisions: A Natural Experiment in Kansas.” (2011) in Public Finance and Management, 11(2), with Jocelyn M. Johnston, Justin Marlowe, and Michael Hayes.
“Why Public Resource Management Matters” (2011) in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 21(special issue), i113-i124, with Sharon Kioko, Justin Marlowe, Michael Moody, Dan Smith and Zhirong Jerry Zhao.
“Before there was Enron, there was Orange County: A Study of Local Government Financial Accountability” (2010) in Public Budgeting and Finance, 30(3), 27-50.
“Designing Accountable and Effective Economic Development Tax Incentives: A Study of Corporate Tax Credits in Kansas” (2010) in Public Performance & Management Review, 34(2), 166-188.
Recent Awards and Achievements
Faculty of the Year, Askew School Student Award, 2010-2011, Florida State University.
Faculty of the Year, Askew School Student Award, 2009-2010, Florida State University.
Faculty of the Year, Askew School Student Award, 2008-2009, Florida State University
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