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Allyn O. Lockner
Allyn O. Lockner holds a PhD in economics, specializing in public finance, from the University of Colorado and subsequently studied economics and public policy at the University of...visualizza altroAllyn O. Lockner holds a PhD in economics, specializing in public finance, from the University of Colorado and subsequently studied economics and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a graduate of the Executive Development Program at the Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Kansas Certified Public Manager Program.
Most of the author’s writings have been unpublished memoranda, monographs, and research reports for three state governors; testimonies before committees of three state legislatures; issue papers and reports for elected and appointed state officials; and research reports and public policy analyses for two appointed senior federal officials.
The author’s career positions include the following:
• Research analyst, Wyoming Legislative Research Committee, focusing on local property taxation and school finance, 1959–1961
• Director, Wyoming Legislative Research Council, supervising professional research of state and local issues, 1961–1963
• Financial economist, governments division, US Census Bureau, analyzing the collection of property tax facts from fifty states for the census of governments and developing a quarterly report on state tax collections, 1963–1965
• Assistant, associate, and full professor of economics, South Dakota State University, teaching macroeconomics and teaching and researching public finance, including state and local taxation, 1965–1973
• Member of two and chairperson of one South Dakota Governor’s Tax Councils to, among other things, reduce the finance of public education through the property tax by the adoption of an income tax while at South Dakota State University, 1965-1973
• Secretary of environmental protection and a member of the governor’s cabinet, State of South Dakota, including work with public water supply systems, and with air, water, and solid waste pollution control systems of cities, counties, and businesses, and with nonpoint water pollution programs of soil and water conservation districts, 1973–1979
• Chairman, South Dakota Natural Resources Subcabinet while secretary of environmental protection, 1977–1978
• Deputy regional director, Office of Surface Mining, US Department of the Interior, 1979–1981
• Director, Kansas Water Office, involving water resources planning, 1981–1982
• Management systems analyst, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, including facilitation of group strategic planning within the department and among departments in the executive branch of Kansas state government, 1984–2001
Memberships include the Kansas Society of Certified Public Managers, American Academy of Certified Public Managers, Kansas Advisory Council on Intergovernmental Relations, and the League of Women Voters. The author participates in meetings of the Shawnee County Intergovernmental Cooperation Council, which is composed of local government officials in Shawnee County, Kansas. During his career, the author was also a member of the American Economic Association, National Tax Association, and American Society for Public Administration.
The author’s publications include the following:
• “A Proposed Mineral Tax for Colorado.” National Tax Journal (September 1962).
• “The Economic Effect of a Progressive Net Profits Tax on Decision-Making by the Mining Firm.” Land Economics (November 1962).
• “The Economic Effect of the Severance Tax on Decisions of the Mining Firm.” Natural Resources Journal (January 1965).
• (with Han J. Kim). “Circuit Breakers on Farm-Property-Tax Overload: A Case Study.” National Tax Journal (June 1973).
• “Land Use Issues in South Dakota.” Congressional Record (March 4, 1974) (paper delivered before the Conference on Environmental Issues, Sioux Falls, January 1974).
• “What Are We For?” Improving College and University Teaching (Summer 1975).
• “Probability Thinking about Kansas Water Resources Trends: 1980–2020.” Kansas Government Journal (December 1982).
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Libri di Allyn O. Lockner
Steps to Local Government Reform: A Guide to Tailoring Local Government Reforms to Fit Regional Governance Communities in Democracies