Xin Chen Curriculum Vitae 471 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506-0027 Email: [email protected] Mobile: (859) 285-6956 EDUCATION Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky, 2020 (expected) Committee: Eugenia Toma (Chair), Ron Zimmer, J.S. Butler, Merl Hackbart. Dissertation: Home Rule, Local Autonomy, and Municipal Government Behavior. Master in Financial Information Engineering, Peking University, China, 2016 Bachelor in Economics, Northwest University, China, 2013 RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Public Budgeting and Finance State and Local Governance Debt Management Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation RESEARCH Peer-reviewed journal articles [3] How Does Home Rule Shape Small Cities’ Revenues? Evidence from Illinois Municipalities. Revise and resubmit at Public Administration Review. [2] Market Responses to Voter Approved Debt, with Jinhai Yu & Mark Robbins, Under Review. [1] Bankruptcy and Stigma: A Consequence of Filing Municipal Bankruptcy, with Dwight Denison, Under Review. Working papers [3] Decentralization and Service Delivery: How Does Home Rule Shape the Provision of Local Public Services. [2] Does Increased Debt Issuing Autonomy Affect Local Governments’ Borrowing? Evidence from China, with Jinsol Park. [1] State Revenue Composition: A Political Cost Perspective, with Jinhai Yu. Conference presentations 2019. Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). “How Does Home Rule Affect Small Cities’ Revenues? Evidence from Illinois Municipalities.” Washington, DC, September 26-28. 2018. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM). “Market Responses to Voter Approved Debt.” Washington, DC, November 8-10, 2018. 2018. Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM). “Debt Outstanding, Capital Investments, and Credit Risks: A Regression Discontinuity Approach.” Denver, Colorado, October 4-6, 2018. 2018. American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). “State Revenue Composition: A Political Cost Perspective” Denver, Colorado, March 9-13, 2018. SKILLS Programming Stata, LaTex, R, Python Language English, Chinese (native) REFERENCES Eugenia Toma, Wendell H. Ford Professor of Ron Zimmer, Director, Professor Public Policy Martin School, University of Kentucky Martin School, University of Kentucky 423 Patterson Office Tower 437 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506 Lexington, KY 40506 [email protected], (859)323-5413 [email protected], (859)257-1156 J.S. Butler, Professor Merl Hackbart, Professor of Finance and Martin School, Economics, University of Public Administration Kentucky Martin School, University of Kentucky 473 Patterson Office Tower 429 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506 Lexington, KY 40506 [email protected], (859)257-1432 [email protected], (859)257-1627 .