Robert L. Bland

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book

• Bland, R.L., Overton, M.R. (2019). A Budgeting Guide for Local Government, 4th edition. (4th) 400. Washington, D.C., International City/County Management Association. https://icma.org/publications/budgeting-guide-local-government-fourth-edition
• Robert L. Bland. (2013). A Budgeting Guide for Local Government , 3rd edition. (3rd edition) Washington, D.C., International City/County Management Association. http://icma.org/en/press/print/a_budgeting_guide_for_local_government
• Robert L. Bland. (2005). A Revenue Guide for Local Government 2nd edition. Washington, D.C., International City/County Management Association.
• Robert L. Bland, Irene S. Rubin. (1997). Budgeting: A Guide for Local Governments. Washington, D.C., International City/County Management Association.
• Robert L. Bland. (1986). Financing City Government in Texas: A Revenue Handbook for City Officials. Austin, Texas, Texas Municipal League.

Book Chapter

• Bland, R.L., Overton, M.R., Prentice, V. (2023). The Road to Entrepreneurial Budgeting and Beyond: A Reconceptualization of the Development of Budget Innovations in the United States. Research Handbook on Public Financial Management.
• Bland, R.L., Andrew, S., Short, J. (2016). Financial Resiliency by Local Governments to Natural Disasters. Washington D.C., American Society for Public Administration.
• Robert L. Bland. (2013). Chapter 9, The Property Tax. Management Policies in Local Government Finance, 6th edition. (6th) 171-191. Washington, D.C., International City/County Management Association. http://bookstore.icma.org/BestSeller_P2274.cfm
• Robert L. Bland; edited by Edward J. Clynch and Thomas P. Lauth. (2006). Texas: Performance-based Budgeting and Management. Budgeting in the States: Institutions, Processes and Poliicies. 277-292. Westport, CT, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc..
• Robert L. Bland; edited by Roy Meyers. (1999). Chapter 24, Budgeting for Capital Improvements. The Handbook of Government Budgeting. 653-677. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
• Robert L. Bland; edited by Nicholas G. Apostolou and D. Larry Crumbley. (1992). Chapter 21, Enhancing Local Government Revenues. Handbook of Governmental Accounting and Finance, 2nd edition. (2nd edition) 21.1-21.35. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
• Robert L. Bland with Chilik Yu; edited by James Perry. (1989). Acquiring and Repaying Debt. Handbook of Public Administration. 337-355. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass.
• Robert L. Bland; edited by John Eddy, William Miller, David Stilson and B. E. Martin. (1985). An Integrative Approach to Budgeting in Nonprofit Organizations," in Higher Education Administration: Selected Resources For Management and Leadership.

Journal Article

• Shi, Y.L., Li, Q., Bland, R.L. (2023). Fiscal Self-sufficiency, Debt Limits, and Fiscal Sustainability in China’s Emerging Municipal Bond Market. Public Administration and Development. 43 (4) 267-327. Denton,
• Overton, M.R., Bland, R.L. (2022). Budget Volatility and Economic Base Composition in Local Governments. Municipal Finance Journal. 43 (1) 1-23. Civic Research Institute.
• Sun, J., Bland, R.L., Yue, L. (2022). The Impact of Property Tax Exemption Policies on the Effective Property Tax Rate: Evidence from 41 Texas Cities. Quality and Quantity. 41 1-20. London, Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11135-022-01439-0
• Nukpezah, J.A., Bland, R.L. (2017). The Impact of New Vendors on Depositor Demand and Performance of the Texas Local Government Investment Pool. Municipal Finance Journal. 38 (1) 1-25. Atlanta, Georgia, Civic Research Institute. https://www.civicresearchinstitute.com/online/article_abstract.php?pid=4&iid=1295&aid=8469
• Michael Overton. (2016). Assessing the Contributions of Collaborators in Public-Private Partnerships: Evidence from Tax Increment Financing. American Review of Public Administration. 46 (4) 418-435. Sage Publishers. http://arp.sagepub.com/content/46/4/418.full.pdf+html
• Julius Nukpezah and Patrick Shinkle. (2015). Determinants of Depositor Demand for the Texas Local Government Investment Pool. Public Budgeting & Finance. 35 (3) 95-115. Public Financial Publications, Inc.. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pbaf.12068/abstract
• Michael Overton. (2014). The Great Recession's Impact on Credible Commitment: An Analysis of Private Investment in Tax Increment Financing Districts. State and Local Government Review. 46 (4) 282-297. Sage Publishers. http://slg.sagepub.com/content/46/4/282.full.pdf+html
• Robert L. Bland. (2003). State Income Tax and Local Government Borrowing Cost Revisited. Municipal Finance Journal. 24 (2) 1-15. Civic Research Institute.
• Robert L. Bland. (2000). State Guarantees for School Debt and the Texas Penalty. Municipal Finance Journal. 21 (2) 1-12. Civic Research Institute.
• Robert L. Bland with Wes Clarke. (1998). The University's Role in Credentialing the Public Finance Officer. Public Budgeting & Finance. 18 (2) 10-17. Public Financial Publications, Inc..
• Robert L. Bland. (1997). Franchise Fees and Telecommunications Services: Is a New Paradigm Needed?. Other. 437-443.
• Robert L. Bland with Phanit Laosirirat. (1997). Tax Limitations To Reduce Municipal Property Taxes: Truth in Taxation in Texas. Journal of Urban Affairs. 19 (1) 45-58. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9906.1997.tb00396.x/abstract
• Robert L. Bland with Samuel Nunn. (1992). The Impact of Capital Spending on Municipal Operating Budgets. Public Budgeting & Finance. 12 (2) 32-47.
• Robert L. Bland with Li-Khan Chen. (1990). Taxable Municipal Bonds: State and Local Governments Confront the Tax-Exempt Limitation Movement. Public Administration Review. 50 (1) 42-48.
• Robert L. Bland with Chilik Yu. (1988). State Credit Assistance for Public School Debt: A Comparison of the Cost Effectiveness of Five State Programs. Journal of Education Finance. 13 (4) 460-476.
• Robert L. Bland with Chilik Yu. (1987). Municipal Bond Insurance: An Assessment of Its Effectiveness at Lowering Interest Costs. Government Finance Review. 23-26.
• Robert L. Bland. (1987). The Interest Cost Savings From Municipal Bond Insurance: The Implications for Privatization. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Winter, pp. 6 (2) 207-219. John Wiley & Sons, Inc..
• Robert L. Bland. (1986). The Effect of Cash Management Innovations on the Investment Income of Local Governments. State and Local Government Review. 18 (1) 20-25. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4354865?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
• Bland, R.L. (1986). Increasing City Revenues Without Increasing Taxes. Texas Town and City. Austin, Texas, Texas Municipal League.
• Robert L. Bland with Peyton Foster Roden. (1986). Issuer Sophistication and Underpricing in the Negotiated Municipal Bond Market. Journal of Financial Research. 9 (2) 163-170. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-6803.1986.tb00445.x/abstract
• Robert L. Bland with Daniel W. Parker. (1985). Cash Investment Practices in Texas Cities: The Results of a Survey of Finance Directors.
• Robert L. Bland with Bobby Praytor. (1985). Cash Management in Texas Cities. Other.
• Robert L. Bland. (1985). Cash Management Practices in Smaller Texas Cities. Government Finance Review. 45-47. Chicago, Illinois, Government Finance Officers Association.
• Robert L. Bland. (1985). The Interest Cost Savings From Experience in the Municipal Bond Market. Public Administration Review. 45 (1) 233-237. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3110152?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
• Robert L. Bland. (1984). The Interest Savings From Optimizing Issue Size and Frequency of Participation in the Municipal Bond Market. Public Budgeting & Finance. 4 (4) 53-59. Public Financial Publications, Inc..
• Robert L. Bland. (1984). The Implicit Price of Housing Attributes: An Explication and Application of the Theory to Mass Appraisal Research. Other. 3 (1) 55-65. Chicago, Illinois, IAAO.

Magazine/Trade Publication

• Bland, R.L., McLain, Jr., L.F. (2020). Managing Through Tragedies: Keeping Your Career Intact and on Track. Public Management (PM). 103, No. 1 10-15. Washington, DC, International City/County Management Association. https://issuu.com/icma-pm/docs/pm_jan_2021
• Bland, R.L., Overton, M. (2020). A Century of Budget Innovation. Public Management (PM). 102 7-12. Washington, DC, International City/County Management Association. https://icma.org/articles/pm-magazine/century-budget-innovation

Monograph

• Robert L. Bland. (2002). Accounting and Financial Reporting Study Guide.
• Robert L. Bland with Wayne Anderson and Lawrence Sprecher. (1992). Local Revenue Sources for Housing and Related Infrastructure: A Workbook for Polish Local Governments.
• Robert L. Bland. (1989). Local Revenue Diversification. Alternatives for Achieving a More Efficient and Equitable Structure. Rethinking Texas Taxes, Final Report of the Select Committee on Tax Equity. 357-361. Austin, Texas, Texas Legislative Budget Board.
• Robert L. Bland (editor). (1985). Budgeting and Financial Management Course III for the Texas Municipal Clerks and Secretaries Certification Program.
• Robert L. Bland. (1982). Financing County Government: The Final Report of the Tax Review Advisory Commission of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Newsletter

• Robert L. Bland. (1986). The Effectiveness of Municipal Bond Insurance. Texas Government Finance Officers Newsletter.
• Robert L. Bland with Patricia Sari Spear. (1985). The School Bond Guarantee Program: Boon or Bane?. Texas Lone Star. 12.
• Robert L. Bland with Joseph James. (1978). Proposition 13.

Research Report

• Bland, R.L., Sun, J., Shi, Y. (2023). China's Policy to Limit Use of Public-Private Partnerships by Municipalities to Finance Capital Improvements A Regression Discontinuity Design Analysis of the Fiscal Impact. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/working-papers/chinas-policy-limit-use-public-private-partnerships-municipalities

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship

• Bland, R.L., "Gordon R. Carpenter Scholarship in Public Service," sponsored by Sumners Foundation, Private, $10000 Funded. ( - 2021).
• Bland, R.L., "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, $129163 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
• Bland, R.L., "Gordon Carpenter Endowed Scholarship in Public Service," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Regional, $25000 Funded. ( - 2019).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, $150000 Funded. (2018 - 2018).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Texas Research Incentive Program," sponsored by State of Texas, State, $65250 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, $153500 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, $139000 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
• Bland, R.l. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, $130500 Funded. (2015 - 2015).
• Bland, R.L., "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, Funded. (2019 - 2019).
• Bland, R.L., "Gordon Carpenter Endowed Scholarship in Public Service," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Regional, Funded. ( - 2019).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, Funded. (2018 - 2018).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Texas Research Incentive Program," sponsored by State of Texas, State, Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, Funded. (2017 - 2017).
• Bland, R.l. (Principal), "Hatton W. Sumners Scholarships in Public Administration," sponsored by Hatton W. Sumners Foundation, Private, Funded. (2015 - 2015).

Grant - Research

• Bland, R.L. (Principal), Shi, Y. (Co-Principal), Sun, J. (Supporting), "The Fiscal Impact of China’s Policy to Control Municipal Use of Public-Private Partnerships to Finance Capital Improvements: A Regression Discontinuity Design Analysis," sponsored by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, International, $35000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
• Shi, Y. (Principal), Bland, R.L. (Co-Principal), Li, Q. (Co-Principal), "Fiscal Self-sufficiency, Debt Limits, and Fiscal Sustainability in China’s Emerging Municipal Bond Market," sponsored by Program on the People’s Republic of China International Fellowship Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, International, $35000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Bland, R.L. (Co-Principal), Overton, M. (Co-Principal), "Reconsidering the Association of Economic Development and Local Government Fiscal Health: Finding the Linkages between a City’s Economic Base and its Budget Volatility," sponsored by The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Private, $33000 Funded. (2016 - 2018).
• Bland, R.L. (Co-Principal), Shi, Y. (Principal), "Fiscal Self-sufficiency, Debt Limits, and Fiscal Sustainability in China's Emerging Municipal Bond Market," sponsored by Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, NFP, Funded. (2021 - 2022).
• Bland, R.L. (Co-Principal), Overton, M. (Co-Principal), "Reconsidering the Association of Economic Development and Local Government Fiscal Health: Finding the Linkages between a City�s Economic Base and its Budget Volatility," sponsored by The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Private, Funded. (2016 - 2018).

Grant - Service

• Siebeneck, L.K. (Principal), Bland, R.L. (Other), "Administrative Services for the Texas Emergency Manager Certification Program," sponsored by Emergency Management Association of Texa, NFP, Funded. (2007 - 2016).

Grant - Teaching

• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "American Public Finance Policy and Administration," sponsored by State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (People's Republic of China), International, $13495 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "Service grant to host a visiting professor from Renmin University, Beijing, China.," sponsored by UNT China Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $5500 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
• Bland, R.L. (Principal), "American Public Finance Policy and Administration," sponsored by State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (People's Republic of China), International, Funded. (2019 - 2019).