Jay Ryu

Education

Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Georgia, 2003

Research Areas

• Public Policy and Administration, Program Evaluation
• Public Budgeting and Finance

Courses Taught

• POLS 6010: Seminar in Quantitative Research Methods
• POLS 4145/5145: Policy Implementation and Evaluation
• POLS 4151/5151: Politics of Taxation
• POLS 4152/5152: Public Sector Cost Accounting
• POLS 2000: American Politics, Policy, and Administration
• MPA 4860/5860: Public Budgeting
• MPA 4870/5870: Financial Management in the Public Sector

About Dr. Ryu

Dr. Jay E. Ryu is a Professor of Public Policy and Administration in the Department of Political Science. He specializes in public policy, administration, and public finance. Dr. Ryu earned his undergraduate degree in Political Science from Seoul National University in 1986. He holds MPA degrees from Seoul National University (1988) and George Washington University (1998), and completed his Ph.D. at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in 2003.

His recent research emphasizes the processing and analysis of big data using R, Python, and TRANSFORMERS-backed text analysis tools. 

Selected Publications

• Ryu, J. E. (2014). The Public Budgeting and Finance Primer: Key Concepts in Fiscal Choice. Routledge.
• Ryu, J. E. (2011). Bounded Bureaucracy and the Budgetary Process in the United States. Routledge.
• Ryu, J. E. (2023). "Impacts of Efficiency Targeting in School Aid on School District Efficiency, Student Performance, and Outcome Equity." Public Finance and Management, 21(2), 114-134.
• Jung, C., & Ryu, J. E. (2020). " The Price Puzzle Revisited." Applied Economics Letters , 27(6), 441-446. DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1630705
• Ryu, J. E. (2019). "Impacts of Outcome Targeting in School Aid on Equity in School Spending and Performance Scores." Journal of Education Finance, 45(1), 57-79.
• Ryu, J. E. (2019). " The Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff in School Aid: How Efficiency Targeting in Lump-sum Aid Generates Unexpected Effects ." Public Budgeting and Finance, 39(3), 22-43.
• Ryu, J. E. (2017). "Measuring the Flypaper Effect: The Interaction between Lump-sum Aid and the Substitution Effect of Matching Aid." Public Finance and Management, 17(1), 48-70.
• Jung, C., & Ryu, J. E. (2017). "Why Has U.S. Monetary Policy Become Ineffective Lately?" Applied Economics Letters, 24(13), 956-960.
• Ryu, J. E. (2016). "Outcome-based Grants-in-aid to Local School Districts: How to Apply Them and Analyze Their Impacts on Fiscal and Outcome Equity." Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting, and Financial Management*, 28(3), 299-336.

Working Papers:

• Ryu, J. E. "Analyzing State Court Cases on Education Finance: A Neural Network Approach." Under preparation.
• Ryu, J. E. "Unveiling the Interplay: Capital Expenditures, Capital Stock, Racial Composition, and Educational Attainment in U.S. Schools." Under review.
• Ryu, J. E. "More than Money: Local Fiscal Choice and Student Achievement After Funding Reform." Under review.
• Ryu, J. E. "Student Performance, Fiscal Equity, and Outcome Equity: Assessing Ohio’s PASS." Under review.
• Ryu, J. E. "Testing Convergence or Divergence of School District Efficiency Measures." Under review.

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