David Matkin

Download Vita

---

---

Biography

Born and raised in Alberta, Canada. David obtained an MPA degree from Brigham Young University in 2003. He went on to earn a PhD in Public Administration from the University of Kansas in 2007. David has held faculty positions at the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany--SUNY. David, and his wife Alyson, live in Provo, Utah with their three children.

Education

• PhD in Public Administration, University of Kansas, 2007
• Master of Public Administration, Brigham Young University, 2003

Group Affiliations

• International Research Society for Public Management — 2022–0
• Government Finance Officers Association — 2015–0
• American Society for Public Administration — 2003–0
• Association for Budgeting and Financial Management — 2003–0
• Public Management Research Association — 2003–0

Selected Publications

• "Misleading Motives: Incentives for Accounting Bias in Not-for-Profit Pension Plans", Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, SAGE Publications, 2023
• "Energy Efficiency Expenditures in Cities with Municipal-Owned Utilities", Chinese Public Administration Review, Edition 3, Volume 14, Pages 148-158, 2023
• "The Timing of Managerial Responses to Fiscal Stress", Public Administration Review, Edition 3, Volume 81, Pages 414-427, 2021
• "The Demise of the Overhead Myth: Administrative Capacity and Financial Sustainability in Nonprofit Nursing Homes", Public Administration Review, Edition 3, Volume 81, Pages 543-557, 2021
• "Costs and Liabilities of U.S. Public Pension Systems in a Low-Return Environment", Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Edition 2, Volume 20, Pages 169-186, 2021
• "Financial Condition and Internal Control Deficiencies: Evidence From New York Counties", Public Budgeting & Finance, Edition 1, Volume 40, Pages 45-69, 2020
• "The Governance of Public Pensions: An Institutional Framework", Administration & Society, Edition 1, Volume 51, Pages 91-119, 2019
• "The Emergence of Public Financial Management", Handbook of American Public Administration, Edward Elgar Publishing, Edmund Stazyk and H. George Frederickson, 2018
• "Actuarial Inputs and the Valuation Of Public Pension Liabilities and Contribution Requirements: A Simulation Approach", Public Budgeting and Finance, Edition 1, Volume 37, Pages 68-87, 2017
• "Internal Control Deficiencies and Municipal Borrowing Costs", Public Budgeting & Finance, Edition 1, Volume 37, Pages 88-111, 2017
• "Collaborative capital budgeting in U.S. local government", Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management, Edition 2, Volume 29, Pages 230-262, 2017
• "Why Public Financial Management Matters", Edition SUPPL. 1, Volume 21, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2011
• "Metropolitan governance: Institutional roles and interjurisdictional cooperation", Edition 1, Volume 31, Pages 45-66, Journal of Urban Affairs, 2009

Experience

Academic - Post-Secondary

• Associate Professor, University at Albany - SUNY, 2017–2018
• Assistant Professor, University at Albany - SUNY, 2013–2017
• Assistant Professor, Florida State University, 2007–2013

Awards

• Stewart L. Grow Fellowship, Marriott School of Business, 2021

Professional Citizenship

• Association for Budgeting and Financial Management, Board Member, January 2023–0
• Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management, Editorial Review Board Member, January 2021–0
• Public Budgeting & Finance, Editorial Review Board Member, 2019–0
• Public Performance and Management Review, Editorial Review Board Member, 2013–0