Whitney B. Afonso

Whitney B. Afonso

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

H-index: 15

North America-United States

About Whitney B. Afonso

Whitney B. Afonso, With an exceptional h-index of 15 and a recent h-index of 14 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, specializes in the field of Public finance, Public budgeting, Local sales taxes, State income taxes, Local government.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Local sales tax exportation: The impact of commuters, tourists, and college students on the tax base

Establishing an Agenda for Public Budgeting and Finance Research

Plugging the Tax Leak: An Analysis of North Carolina’s Local Sales Tax Redistribution Policy

Budget starting position matters: A “field‐in‐lab” experiment testing simulation engagement and budgetary preferences

Municipal Corruption: From Policies to People

Local option taxes

Foundations of government taxation and revenue management

Revisiting the theory of revenue diversification: Insights from an empirical analysis of municipal budgetary solvency

Whitney B. Afonso Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

499

Citations(since 2020)

393

Cited By

203

hIndex(all)

15

hIndex(since 2020)

14

i10Index(all)

21

i10Index(since 2020)

17

Email

University Profile Page

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Whitney B. Afonso Skills & Research Interests

Public finance

Public budgeting

Local sales taxes

State income taxes

Local government

Top articles of Whitney B. Afonso

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Local sales tax exportation: The impact of commuters, tourists, and college students on the tax base

Public Budgeting & Finance

Whitney B Afonso

Jeremy G Moulton

2024

Establishing an Agenda for Public Budgeting and Finance Research

Public Finance Journal

Bruce McDonald

Sarah Larson

Craig Maher

Shayne Kavanagh

Kenneth Hunter

...

2024/4/1

Plugging the Tax Leak: An Analysis of North Carolina’s Local Sales Tax Redistribution Policy

State and Local Government Review

Whitney Afonso

Alex Combs

Christian Buerger

2024/3

Budget starting position matters: A “field‐in‐lab” experiment testing simulation engagement and budgetary preferences

Public Budgeting & Finance

Zach Mohr

Whitney Afonso

2024/3

Municipal Corruption: From Policies to People

Kimberly L Nelson

Whitney B Afonso

2024

Local option taxes

Research Handbook on City and Municipal Finance

Whitney Afonso

2023/9/6

Foundations of government taxation and revenue management

Whitney Afonso

2023/8/15

Revisiting the theory of revenue diversification: Insights from an empirical analysis of municipal budgetary solvency

Public Budgeting & Finance

Benedict S Jimenez

Whitney B Afonso

2022/6

Demographic, Economic, and Geographic Factors Associated with Uptake of the Earned Income Tax Credit

Journal of Policy Practice and Research

Paul Lanier

Whitney Afonso

Gerard Chung

Katherine Bryant

Danny Ellis

...

2022/9

Planning for the Unknown: Local Government Strategies from the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Season in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

State and Local Government Review

Whitney Afonso

2021/6

The Adoption of Local Option Fuel Taxes: Evidence From Florida Counties

Public Budgeting & Finance

Can Chen

Whitney B Afonso

2021/3

The Great Lockdown’s Impact on the City of Charlotte’s Budget

Municipal Finance Journal

Whitney Afonso

Monica Allen

Richard Carey

2021

Facing reduced revenues because of COVID-19, many local governments ignored best practices and returned to strategies from past recessions to make cuts.

USApp–American Politics and Policy Blog

Whitney Afonso

2021/9/15

Theory and Practice for Coping with Economic Downturns at the Local Level: Part II

Whitney Afonso

2020

Can Employee Training Influence Local Fiscal Outcomes?

The American Review of Public Administration

Thomas Luke Spreen

Whitney Afonso

Ed Gerrish

2020/5

Budgeting strategies being employed by county and municipal governments for fiscal year 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic

UNC School of Government. https://www. sog. unc. edu/publications/bulletins/budgeting-strategies-being-employed-county-and-municipal-governments-fy-2021-during-covid-19

Whitney B Afonso

2020

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Co-Authors

H-index: 23
Paul Lanier

Paul Lanier

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

H-index: 19
Benedict Jimenez

Benedict Jimenez

Georgia State University

H-index: 16
Kimberly Nelson

Kimberly Nelson

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

H-index: 13
Zachary Mohr

Zachary Mohr

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

H-index: 12
Russell M. Smith

Russell M. Smith

Winston-Salem State University

H-index: 9
Jeremy Grant Moulton

Jeremy Grant Moulton

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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