Amy Ellen Schwartz is an Associate Professor at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service, specializing in public finance, policy analysis and applied econometrics. Prior to joining the Wagner faculty in 1992, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Tufts University. She earned at BS from Cornell University in applied economics and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. She has consulted on various issues of public finance and policy for government and not-for-profit organizations, including the ACLU, the Campaign for Fiscal Equity and the New York City Board of Education. Her current work includes projects on the public finance of education in New York State and Ohio, the measurement of efficiency in public schools, and the use of performance measures for guiding resource use decisions. Her taxation related research she has looked at the taxation of cigarettes and alcohol, the child care tax credit, intergovernmental aid, and property tax limitations; spending related research has focused on the measurement, provision and demand for local government services. A major project completed in 1996 evaluated the impact of public capital and state infrastructure investment on income and employment and on economic performance in the manufacturing sector, in particular. Professor Schwartz's work has been published in a variety of academic and professional journals including The American Economic Review, The Journal of Public Economics, The National Tax Journal, Public Finance Quarterly and Regional Science and Urban Economics.
 
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