Faculty

Christine Martell, Associate Professor

University of Colorado Denver
School of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 173364 - Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217 - 3364
Phone: (303) 315 - 2716
Fax: (303) 315 - 2229
E-mail: Christine.Martell@ucdenver.edu

Areas of Interest: Public Finance and Policy.

Bio: Dr. Christine Martell is an Associate Professor at the School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver where she focuses on issues of public finance and policy. Her teaching and research interests include debt policy issues, fiscal federalism, international development, and the development of municipal credit markets in developing countries. Prior to joining University of Colorado Denver in 2000, Dr. Martell earned a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. of Public Affairs from Indiana University.

Recent Publications:

"Debt Burdens of Overlapping Jurisdictions" Municipal Finance Journal, Forthcoming.

"Municipal Government Accountability" International Journal of Public Administration, 31(1), Forthcoming, 2008.

"Fiscal Management Implications of a TABOR Bind" Public Administration Review, (67)4:673-687, 2007. (with Paul Teske)

"Development of Local Government Debt Financing Markets: Application of a Market-Based Framework" Public Budgeting and Finance, v26(1): 88-119, 2006. (with George Guess)

"Grants and Long-term Debt Issuance: Is There an Effect? Is There Symmetry?" Public Budgeting and Finance, Fall v24(3):65-81, 2004. (with Bridget M. Smith)

"Municipal Investment, Borrowing, and Pricing under Decentralization: The Brazilian Case" International Journal of Public Administration, v26 (2): 173-196, 2003. [Note: this article is part of the IJPA, v26 (4), symposium titled "Controls of the Public Purse" and was published in advance due to a clerical error.]