Fiscal and Economic Policy
Join a Working Group
Contact IGPA Director
Robin Fretwell Wilson
- +1 (217) 244-1227
- wils@uillinois.edu
IGPA engages a wide range of policy-oriented faculty across the University System who collaborate within focused working groups. Each of these groups is comprised of dozens of faculty researchers representing each of the three System universities. As questions arise in both the public sphere and academia, IGPA scholars use the latest research methods and work together to evaluate current affairs, ask tough questions, and identify possible solutions.
Members of this working group research ways to make Illinois’ economic and fiscal structure equitable, dynamic, and sustainable.
In the News
GROUP LEADS

Kenneth Kriz
Distinguished Professor, School of Public Management and Policy | University of Illinois Springfield

David Merriman
James J. Stukel Presidential Professor of Public Administration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | University of Illinois Chicago

Elizabeth Powers
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Featured
January U of I Flash Index continued to decline slowly
Read MoreUrbana – The U of I Flash Index for January 2023 continued to decline slowly, falling to 103.1 from the 103.3 level in December 2022. The lower index reading does …
Working group members

Philip Ashton
Affiliation Associate Professor, Urban Planning and Policy Program, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago
Email pashton@uic.edu

Jeffrey R. Brown
Affiliation Dean and Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor of Business, College of Business | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email brownjr@illinois.edu

Patricia Byrnes
Affiliation Associate Professor, College of Business and Management | University of Illinois Springfield
Email pbyrn1@uis.edu

Robert Chirinko
Affiliation Professor, Department of Finance, College of Business | University of Illinois Chicago
Email chirinko@uic.edu

Curt Clemons-Mosby
Affiliation Director, Budgeting for Results Unit, Governor's Office of Management and Budget, Springfield, Illinois
Email Curt.ClemonsMosby@illinois.gov

Jon Davis
Affiliation Professor and R.C. Evans Endowed Chair in Business, Gies College of Business | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email jondavis@illinois.edu

Michael P. Donohoe
Affiliation Professor and PwC Faculty Fellow, Department of Accountancy, Gies College of Business | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email mdonohoe@illinois.edu

Joshua Drucker
Affiliation Associate Professor, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Springfield
Email jdruck@uic.edu

Rebecca Hendrick
Affiliation Professor Emerita, Public Administration, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago
Email hendrick@uic.edu

Greg Howard
Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email glhoward@illinois.edu

Michelle Hutchens
Affiliation Assistant Professor, Gies College of Business | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email mlh80@illinois.edu

Richard L. Kaplan
Affiliation Guy Raymond Jones Chair in Law, College of Law | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email rkaplan@illinois.edu

Jeremy McClane
Affiliation Professor, College of Law | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Email jmcclane@illinois.edu

Daniel McMillen
Affiliation Professor, Stuart Handler Department of Real Estate, School of Business | University of Illinois Chicago
Email mcmillen@illinois.edu

Dermot Murphy
Affiliation Associate Professor, Department of Finance, College of Business | University of Illinois Chicago
Email murphyd@uic.edu

Michael Pagano
Affiliation Special Assistant to the Chancellor | University of Illinois Chicago
Email mapagano@uic.edu

Robert Smith
Affiliation Dean and Professor, College of Public Affairs and Administration | University of Illinois Springfield
Email rsmit27@uis.edu

Thomas Snyder
Affiliation Clinical Professor Emeritus, Department of Public Administration, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago
Email tsnyder@uic.edu

Rachel Weber
Affiliation Professor, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago
Email rachelw@uic.edu

Yonghong Wu
Affiliation Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs | University of Illinois Chicago
Email yonghong@uic.edu
Learn More
IGPA is the People’s Policy Think Tank.
The University of Illinois System is a trusted source for top-quality research and expertise drawn from all three universities. IGPA ensures that the work scholars do matters and has real-world impact.
Tap Into World-Class Research
IGPA supports necessary, data-driven, well-informed policymaking that improves people’s lives.
Make Your Work Count
Are you ready to join the policy conversation in Illinois and beyond?
Access Expertise On Tap
IGPA supports necessary, data-driven, well-informed policymaking that improves people’s lives.
Learn More
For Policymakers
For Scholars
For Journalists