Daniel L. Smith
Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Financial Management

Dan Smith studies state government budgeting and financial management. His research focuses on the implications of state fiscal institutions, especially balanced budget requirements, and the accumulation and implications of balances in state rainy day funds, unemployment trusts, and pension funds. His research appears or is forthcoming in Journal of Policy Analysis and ManagementJournal of Public Administration Research and TheoryPublic Administration ReviewPublic Budgeting & Finance, and Public Choice, among others. In addition, he is co-author of Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations (Pearson Prentice Hall, 4th edition).

Professor Smith sits on four editorial boards, and for four years he served on the Board of Directors of the New York University Federal Credit Union–an independent, federally regulated financial institution–where he was also Treasurer and Chair of the Assets and Liabilities Management Committee. In 2011, he was voted "Professor of the Year" by Wagner students. He holds a Ph.D. in public administration from the School of Public and International Affairs at The University of Georgia.