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Citations
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3735
National Ranking
1973

Overview

J.S. Butler is affiliated with the University of Kentucky in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of economics, econometrics, finance, and social sciences.

The main fields of study for J.S. Butler include:

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences

Within these broader areas, Butler's work spans several subfields such as:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Marketing
  • Finance
  • Sociology and Political Science

The core topics explored in Butler's research cover:

  • Local Government Finance and Decentralization
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Corporate Finance and Governance

J.S. Butler has contributed to various academic journals, with frequent publication venues including:

  • Public Performance & Management Review
  • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
  • Local Government Studies
  • Public Money & Management
  • Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Their recent published papers feature research on public finance, fiscal transparency, and municipal financial performance. Notable papers include:

  • Understanding Public Participation as a Mechanism Affecting Government Fiscal Outcomes: Theory and Evidence From Participatory Budgeting (2022), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
  • Fiscal Transparency and Government Credit Quality: Evidence from the U.S. States (2020), Public Performance & Management Review
  • Capital structure determinants for arts nonprofits (2021), Nonprofit Management and Leadership
  • The effects of high-quality financial reporting on municipal bond ratings: evidence from US local governments (2020), Local Government Studies
  • Forms of government and municipal financial performance (2021), Public Money & Management

Butler frequently collaborates with other researchers. Prominent coauthors include:

  • Hakyeon Lee
  • Jinsol Park
  • Wenchi Wei
  • Nicolai Petrovsky
  • Jinhai Yu

Best Publications

  • A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT QUADRATURE PROCEDURE FOR THE ONE-FACTOR MULTINOMIAL PROBIT MODEL

    J. S. Butler;Robert Moffitt

  • Measurement Error in Self-Reported Health Variables

    J. S. Butler;Richard V. Burkhauser;Jean M. Mitchell;Theodore P. Pincus

  • The importance of employer accommodation on the job duration of workers with disabilities: A hazard model approach

    Richard V. Burkhauser;J.S. Butler;Yang Woo Kim

  • Revenue Structure and Nonprofit Borrowing

    Wenli Yan;Dwight V. Denison;J.S. Butler

  • The minority community as a natural business incubator

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  • The Spreading of Innovation: State Adoptions of Energy and Climate Change Policy

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  • The emergence of entrepreneurial marketing: Nature and meaning

    Michael H. Morris;Minet Schindehutte;Raymond W. LaForge

  • THE EFFECT OF THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM ON NUTRIENT INTAKE

    J. S. Butler;Jennie E. Raymond

  • Choice in a World of New School Types

    J. S. Butler;Douglas A. Carr;Eugenia F. Toma;Ron Zimmer

  • Teacher Retention in Appalachian Schools: Evidence from Kentucky.

    Joshua M. Cowen;J.S. Butler;Jacob Fowles;Megan E. Streams

  • Dynamic programming model estimates of Social Security Disability Insurance application timing

    Richard V. Burkhauser;J. S. Butler;Gulcin Gumus

  • Unbiased estimation of the Black/Scholes formula

    J.S. Butler;Barry Schachter

  • Labor Market Segmentation: A Cluster Analysis of Job Groupings and Barriers to Entry*

    Kathryn H. Anderson;John S. Butler;Frank A. Sloan

  • Work and Health after Retirement: A Competing Risks Model with Semiparametric Unobserved Heterogeneity

    J. S. Butler;Kathryn H. Anderson;Richard V. Burkhauser

  • Does more calculus improve student learning in intermediate micro‐ and macroeconomic theory?

    J. S. Butler;T. Aldrich Finegan;John J. Siegfried

  • Maximum Score Estimates of the Determinants of Residential Mobility: Implications for the Value of Residential Attachment and Neighborhood Amenities

    Timothy J. Bartik;J.S. Butler;Jin-Tan Liu

  • Levels and Long-Term Trends in Earnings Inequality: overcoming Current Population Survey Censoring Problems Using the GB2 Distribution

    Shuaizhang Feng;Richard V Burkhauser;J. S Butler

  • The Importance of Accommodation on the Timing of Disability Insurance Applications: Results from the Survey of Disability and Work and the Health and Retirement Study

    Richard V. Burkhauser;J. S. Butler;Yang-Woo Kim;Robert R. Weathers

  • Long term trends in earnings inequality: What the CPS can tell us

    Richard V. Burkhauser;J.S. Butler;Shuaizhang Feng;Andrew J. Houtenville

  • How Policy Variables Influence the Timing of Applications for Social Security Disability Insurance

    Richard V. Burkhauser;J. S. Butler;Robert R Weathers Ii

  • The relationship between forecast dispersion and forecast uncertainty: Evidence from a survey data—arch model

    R. W. Rich;J. E. Raymond;J. S. Butler

  • Tests of the Specification of Univariate and Bivariate Ordered Probit

    J. S. Butler;Patrali Chatterjee

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard V. Burkhauser
Richard V. Burkhauser Cornell University
Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
John J. Siegfried
John J. Siegfried Vanderbilt University

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