
Overview
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Professor Frank has written extensively in the areas of local government budgeting, budgetary forecasting and performance measurement. He has also undertaken numerous program evaluations for local governments and the State of Florida, and has worked with many local governments in Florida on the development of performance indicators. His first book dealt with techniques of local revenue forecasting, and his second book has dealt with the Miami fiscal crisis of the late 1990s. He has just finished editing the Handbook of Financial Management.
In conjunction with FIU’s Metropolitan Center, Professor Frank has carried out funded research examining the privatization and efficiency program of the Miami-Dade County Housing Agency. He has also carried out research dealing with the South Florida workforce and has served on Miami-Dade County’s Efficiency and Competition Commission and has served on the oversight board for the Miami-Dade Housing Agency, Section 8 program
Prior to his doctoral training, Professor Frank worked as a capital budget analyst with the Broward County Office of Planning and as a Management Analyst with the Delaware Department of Labor and Employment Security. At FIU, he has served as Director of the Institute of Government, Acting Director of the School of Policy and Management, and as Chair of the Public Administration Program. Current research interests focus on public sector retirement behavior and local government performance measurement.
Scholarly & Creative Works
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2020Public Administration and Macroeconomic Issues: Is This the Time for a Marriage Proposal?Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0095399720915292 Web of Science: 000532761300001
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2019Retirement Planning Decisions: Choices Between Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution PlansFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0275074018765809 Web of Science: 000459888500007
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2017Path Dependence in Pension Policy: The Case of Florida Local GovernmentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/pbaf.12172 Web of Science: 000416941300006
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2015Portability, an innovative property tax relief whose time hasn’t comeFull Text via DOI: 10.1108/jpbafm-27-02-2015-b002
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2012Critical Questions for the Transition to Defined Contribution Pension Systems in the Public SectorFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0275074011406712 Web of Science: 000306140700001
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2008Good intentions, unintended consequences - Impact of Adker consent decree on Miami-Dade County's subsidized housingFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1078087408319586 Web of Science: 000258919800003
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2007The perceived impacts of e-government on US cities: A survey of Florida and Texas City managersFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2006.09.004 Web of Science: 000247574900005
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2007Gasb statement 34 and the managerial accounting nexusFull Text via DOI: 10.1108/jpbafm-19-02-2007-b002
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2007E-GOVERNMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON MANAGERIAL EFFECTIVENESS: A SURVEY OF FLORIDA AND TEXAS CITY MANAGERSFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0408.2007.00417.x Web of Science: 000210503500001
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2002Teaching Performance Measurement in a Core MPA Budgeting ClassFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15236803.2002.12023543
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2000The retirement planning gap: A view from the public sectorFull Text via DOI: 10.1108/ijotb-03-01-02-2000-b008
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1996Asset depletion on the balance sheet: an idea whose time has come?Full Text via DOI: 10.1108/jpbafm-08-04-1996-b009
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1992MUNICIPAL FORECASTING PRACTICE - DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDE PERSPECTIVESFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/01900699208524781 Web of Science: A1992JQ74500001
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Book Chapter
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2018Budget theory: New perspectives for a new millennium. 227-246.Full Text via DOI: 10.4324/9781315093215-6
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2009Implementing ActiveStrategy in Miami-Dade County. 719-734.Full Text via DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-282-4.ch038
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2008Homeland Security Administration and Finance: A Survey of Texas County Officials. 403-421.Web of Science: 000266734500021
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Book Review
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2003The federal budget: Politics, policy process. Ed. 33.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0275074002250257 Web of Science: 000181109300008
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1998Public financial administration, 2nd edition.. Ed. 28.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/027507409802800206 Web of Science: 000073960600006
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Other Scholarly Work
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2007Introduction. 943-952.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/01900690701221225 Web of Science: 000415504800001
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Choi, NakHyeok, Government Capacity and the Acquisition, Implementation, and Impact of ARRA Funds 2016
- Cong, Yongqing, Sustainable Public Pension System for Florida Local Governments: Financial Solvency, Paradigm Switch, and Interperiod Equity 2014
- Astray-Caneda, Evelio E, Hazard Mitigation Element Quality in Coastal Comprehensive Plans in a State with Strong Requirements for Hazard Mitigation Plan Elements 2013
- Topinka, John, Does Management Capacity Increase Organizational Performance? An Empirical Analysis of Public Housing Agencies 2011
- Scutelnicu, Gina, Community Development Districts: The Entrepreneurial Side of Government 2010
- Christian, Philip C, Sales Tax Enforcement: An Empirical Analysis of Compliance Enforcement Methodologies and Pathologies 2010
- Wedderburn, Nadine V, Managing Small-Medium Cities in a Time of Globalization: Experiences and Evidence from Florida’s Public Managers 2009
- Fink, Douglas Ray, Municipal accountability : should regulations similar to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act apply to the local sector? 2008
- D’Souza, Jayesh, Measuring Effectiveness in International Financial Crime Prevention: Can We Agree on a Performance Metric? 2008
- Carrasco, Teodoro Enrique, Assessing Administrative and Political Factors in Implementing a Living Wage Ordinance 2008
Research
principal investigator on
- Strategic Planning: Citizens Independent Transportation Trust (CITT) Staff/Member Retreat awarded by Citizens Independent Transportation Trus 2018
- The Florida International University Metropolitan Center proposes to conduct a study on the feasibility and potential revenue from a parking rate surcharge awarded by Citizens Independent Transportation Trus 2012
co-principal investigator on
- CyberTraining: Implementation: Medium: Advanced Cyber Infrastructure Training in Policy Informatics awarded by National Science Foundation 2019 - 2023
- Volcker Alliance - Phase 4: Potential University Partners awarded by Volcker Alliance 2020 - 2021
- Volcker Alliance, Inc. - INFORMATION FROM POTENTIAL UNIVERSITY PARTNERS awarded by Volcker Alliance 2016 - 2017
- Mandela Washington Fellowship 2017 - Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) awarded by Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs 2017
- CITT - 2014 Transportation Sympoisum awarded by Citizens Independent Transportation Trus 2014 - 2015
- Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) awarded by U.S. Department of State 2015
- Transportation Symposium Planning and Organization awarded by Citizens Independent Transportation Trus 2012 - 2013
- Miami Fellows Program Evaluation awarded by Miami Foundation 2012 - 2013
- City of South Miami Performance Based Audit awarded by City of South Miami 2010
subproject principal investigator on
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