Yoon-Jung Choi

11200 SW 8th Street, PCA-365A Miami, FL 33199  yoonchoi@ﬁu.edu

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, Florida International University, Miami, FL Aug. 2022 -

EDUCATION

Syracuse University, Maxwell School, Syracuse, NY Sept. 2017 - Jul. 2022

PhD in Public Administration (John Yinger, Supervisor)

Indiana University, O’Neill School, Bloomington, IN May. 2017

MPA in Public Administration, Concentration in Public Financial Management

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Feb. 2014

BA in Political Science; MPA in Public Administration

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Yoon-Jung Choi. 2022. “Property Tax Interaction among Overlapping Local Jurisdictions: Quasi-

experimental Evidence from School Bond Referenda” International Tax and Public Finance, 29: 537-

80.

Yoon-Jung Choi & Phuong Nguyen-Hoang. ”The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Business

Entries and Exits in Iowa” Economic Development Quarterly (forthcoming).

WORKING PAPERS

“The Impact of Property Reassessment on Tax Equity and Household Expectations,” with Yilin Hou

and John Yinger.

“The Spatial Impact of (Dis)amenities on Property Values: Evidence from Homeless Shelter Openings,”

with Andrew Sullivan and Saerim Kim.

“The Value of Mandatory Audit” with Jun Cai.

“More Than a Label: The Anchoring and Framing Eﬀects of Fiscal Accountability System” with Sarah

Souders.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

All-University Doctoral Prize, Syracuse University 2023

Oskar Morgenstern Fellowship, Mercatus Center at George Mason University 2021

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Syracuse University 2021

C. Lowell Harriss Dissertation Fellowship, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 2020

Graduate School Summer Dissertation Fellowship, Syracuse University 2020

Larry D. Schroeder Award for Excellence in PhD Research, Syracuse University 2019

Michael Curro Award for Best Student Paper, ABFM 2019

Indiana University SPEA Merit Award 2015-2017

The Bang Il Young Foundation Fellowship 2009-2012

CLASSES TAUGHT

PAD 6053: Political, Social, and Economic Context of Public Administration (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

PAD 6227: Public Finance and Budgetary Process (Spring 2023)

PRESENTED PAPERS AND LECTURES

“The Impact of Property Reassessment on Tax Equity and Household Expectations” Syracuse-Chicago

Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design, April 2023.

“Property Tax Interaction among Overlapping Local Jurisdictions: Quasi-experimental Evidence from

School Bond Referenda.” Central University of Finance and Economics Webinar Series on Property

Tax Design and Administration, September 2022.

“Homeless Shelter Openings and Housing Prices.” Association for Budgeting and Financial Manage-

ment (ABFM), Miami, FL, September 2022.

“Entry or Exit? The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Firm Dynamics in Iowa.” Association for

Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Miami, FL, September 2022.

“Tipping toward Fiscal Stress: How Do School Districts Perceive and React to Fiscal Stress Signals?”

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Washington, DC, October 2021.

“More Than a Label: The Anchoring and Framing Eﬀects of Fiscal Accountability System” American

Society for Public Administration (ASPA), Jacksonville, FL, March 2022.

“The Value of Mandatory Audit: Evidence from Nonproﬁts.” Association for Budgeting and Financial

Management (ABFM), Washington, DC, October 2021.

“Tipping toward Fiscal Stress: How Do School Districts Perceive and React to Fiscal Stress Signals?”

Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington, DC, October 2021.

“Does Yardstick Competition Exist among Overlapping Localities? Evidence on the Fiscal Eﬀects

of Direct Democracy.” Public Finance Consortium on Politics and Administration in Public Finance,

Virtual Conference, May 2021.

“Intrajurisdictional Capitalization, Property Reassessment, and Tax Equity.” Association for Public

Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Student Research Online Seminar, Virtual Conference,

May 2021.

“Intrajurisdictional Capitalization, Property Reassessment, and Tax Equity.” American Society for

Public Administration (ASPA), Virtual Conference, April 2021.

“Entry or Exit?: The Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Firm Dynamics in Iowa.” Association for

Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Virtual Conference, November 2020.

“Intrajurisdictional Capitalization, Property Reassessment, and Tax Equity.” Association for Budgeting

and Financial Management (ABFM), Virtual Conference, September 2020.

“Too Many Governments and Not Enough Government: Does Citizen Voice Restrain Government

Growth?” 7th Annual Deil S. Wright Symposium, American Society for Public Administration (ASPA),

Anaheim, CA, April 2020. conference postponed to 2021.

“The Value of Mandatory Audit: Causal Evidence from Nonproﬁts.” Government and Nonproﬁt Section

of American Accounting Association (AAA), Houston, TX, March 2020.

“Property Tax Interaction among Overlapping Local Jurisdictions: Quasi-experimental Evidence from

School Bond Referenda.” National Tax Association (NTA), Tampa, FL, November 2019.

“Regulatory Thresholds and Compliance with Audit Requirements: Bunching Evidence from Non-

proﬁts.” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Denver, CO, November

2019.

“Property Tax Interaction among Overlapping Local Jurisdictions: Quasi-experimental Evidence from

School Bond Referenda.” Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), Denver,

CO, November 2019.

“Regulatory Thresholds and Compliance with Audit Requirements: Bunching Evidence from Non-

proﬁts.” Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington, DC, September

2019.

“Property Tax Interaction among Overlapping Local Jurisdictions: Quasi-experimental Evidence from

School Bond Referenda.” Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM), Washington,

DC, September 2019.

INVITED TALKS

Seoul National University, Center for Sustainable Public Accounting and Finance Seminar, July 2022.

Sungkyunkwan University, Graduate School of Governance (GSG) BK21 FOUR, July 2022.

PEER REVIEWS FOR JOURNALS

Public Budgeting & Finance, Municipal Finance Journal, Journal of Governmental & Nonproﬁt Ac-

counting

SERVICE

PhD Committee Member, Florida International University

Diversity Committee Member, Florida International University

Diversity Alliance Student Fellow, Public Aﬀairs Diversity Alliance

Department Tutor, Tutor Matching Service, Syracuse University

Facilitator, Syracuse-Chicago Webinar Series on Property Tax Administration and Design

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM)

National Tax Associdation (NTA)

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA)