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Blane Lewis

Professor, Lead Editor Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (BIES)

Qualifications

BA Mathematics (Lawrence University, USA)
MA Urban Economics (Cornell University USA)
PhD Urban Economics (Cornell University USA)

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“Indonesia’s New Fiscal Decentralization Law: A Critical Assessment,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, April 2023.

“Vigilantism and the Transition to Democracy,” Local Government Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2022.2103673, 2022.

“Education Spending Mandates: Indonesia’s 20 Percent Rule,” Education Economics DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2022.2095353, 2022.

“The Impact of Democratic Elections on Taxation: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Subnational Indonesia,” Economics Letters, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110270 2022.

“Indonesia” in The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers in Improving Educational Outcomes, (Samer Al-Samarrai and Blane Lewis) World Bank 2021.

“Principles of Fiscal Decentralization” in The Role of Intergovernmental Transfers in Improving Educational Outcomes, (Samer Al-Samarrai and Blane Lewis) World Bank 2021.

“An Overview of Seven Case Studies” (with Samer Al-Samarrai) in The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Improving Education Outcomes, (Samer Al-Samarrai and Blane Lewis) World Bank, 2021.

The Role of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers in Improving Education Outcomes, (edited, with Samer Al-Samarrai) World Bank 2021.

“COVID-19: Impact on the Finance and Delivery of Local Public Services,” (with Ruth Nikijuluw) in Economic Dimensions of COVID-19 in Indonesia: Responding to the Crisis, (Blane Lewis and Firman Witoelar) ISEAS, 2021.

Economic Dimensions of COVID-19 in Indonesia: Responding to the Crisis, (edited, with Firman Witoelar) ISEAS, 2021.

“The Impact of Public Sector Accounting Reform on Corruption: Causal Evidence from Subnational Indonesia,” (with Adrianus Hendrawan) Public Administration and Development, DOI: 10.1002/pad.1896 2020.

“Assessing the Causal Impact of Compulsory Schooling Policy in Indonesia,” (with Hieu Nguyen) International Journal of Educational Research. DOI.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101693, 2020.

“Political Accountability and Public Service Delivery in Decentralized Indonesia: Incumbency Advantage and the Performance of Second Term Mayors” (with Hieu Nguyen and Adrianus Hendrawan) European Journal of Political Economy, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101910, 2020.

“Teenage Marriage and Motherhood in Vietnam: The Negative Effects of Starting School Early” (with Hieu Nguyen), Population Research and Policy Review, DOI: 10.1007/s11113-019-09553-y, 2019.

“How Do Mayors Get Elected? The Causal Effects of Pre-Electoral Coalitions on Mayoral Election Outcomes in Indonesia,” Local Government Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03003930.2019.1627334, 2019.

“Legislature Size, Local Government Expenditure and Taxation, and Public Service Access in Indonesia,” Studies in Comparative International Development, DOI: 10.1007/s12116-019-09278-1, 2019.

“Impact of Majority Coalitions on Local Government Spending, Service Delivery, and Corruption in Indonesia” (with Adrianus Hendrawan) European Journal of Political Economy, DOI.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.11.002, 2018.

“Endogenous District Magnitude and Political Party Fragmentation in Subnational Indonesia,” Electoral Studies, DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2018.06.005, 2018.

Book Review: “Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment,” by Franklin Obeng-Odoom, Economic Record, DOI: 10.1111/1475-4932.12365, 2017.

“Does Local Government Proliferation Improve Public Service Delivery? Evidence from Indonesia,” Journal of Urban Affairs, DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2017.1323544, 2017.

“Local Government Form in Indonesia: Tax, Expenditure, and Efficiency Effects,” Studies in Comparative International Development, DOI: 10.1007/s12116-017-9236-z, 2017.

“Local Government Spending and Service Delivery in Indonesia: The Perverse Effects of Substantial Fiscal Resources,”Regional Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2016.1216957, 2016.

“Is Central Government Intervention Bad for Local Outcomes? Mixed Messages from Indonesia,”Journal of Development Studies, vol. 52, no. 2, 2016.

“Measuring Local Government Service Performance: Challenges and (Partial) Solutions in Indonesia,” (with Neil McCulloch and Audrey Sacks) Journal of International Development, vol. 28, 2016.

“Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Local Incentives and Responses: The Case of Indonesia,” (with Paul Smoke) Fiscal Studies, DOI: 10.1111/1475-5890.12080, 2015.

“Decentralizing to Villages in Indonesia: Money (and Other) Mistakes,” Public Administration and Development, vol. 35, no.5 2015.

“Indonesian Intergovernmental Performance Grants: An Empirical Assessment of Impact,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 50, no. 3, 2014.

“Twelve Years of Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia: A Balance Sheet,” in Hal Hill (ed.) Regional Dynamics in a Decentralized Indonesia, ISEAS Singapore, 2014.

“Urbanization and Economic Growth in Indonesia: Good News, Bad News, and (Possible) Local Government Mitigation,” Regional Studies, vol. 48, no.1, 2014.

“Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia: Local Infrastructure Impact and Finance,” (with Tariq Niazi) in Asian Development Bank, Subnational Public Sector Finance and Financial Management in Asia, 2013.

“Beyond Univariate Measurement of Spatial Autocorrelation: Disaggregated Spillover Effects for Indonesia,” (with Jennifer Day) Annals of GIS, vol. 19, no. 3, 2013.

“Local Government Capital Spending in Indonesia: Impact of Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers,” Public Budgeting & Finance, vol. 33, no.1, 2013.

“A New Intergovernmental Capital Grant for Indonesia: A Polemic in Support of Economic Growth” (with Daan Pattinasarany) in New Visions for Decentralization in Indonesia, World Bank, 2012.

“Incentives for Better Local Service Delivery in Indonesia” (with Paul Smoke), in Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia A Decade after the Big Bang, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia, 2012.

“Asia-Pacific,” (with Bob Searle) in Local Government Finance: The Challenges of the 21st Century: Second Global Report on Decentralization and Local Democracy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011.

“Sub-National Government Capital Spending in Indonesia: Level, Structure, and Financing” (with André Oosterman) Public Administration and Development, vol. 31, issue 3, 2011.

“The Cost of Primary Education in Indonesia: Do Schools Need More Money?” (with Daan Pattinasarany) Education Economics, vol. 19, no.4, 2011.

“Indonesian Fiscal Decentralization: Accountability Deferred,” International Journal of Public Administration, vol. 33, no. 12, 2010.

“Restructuring Indonesia’s Sub-National Public Debt: Reform or Reversion?” (with David Woodward) Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, 2010.

“Incorporating Sub-National Performance Incentives in the Indonesian Intergovernmental Framework,” (with Paul Smoke) National Tax Association, Proceedings, 101st Conference on Taxation, December 2009.

“The Impact of Decentralization on Sub-National Government Fiscal Slack in Indonesia,” (with André Oosterman) Public Budgeting & Finance, vol. 29, no. 2, 2009.

“Determining Citizen Satisfaction with Local Public Education in Indonesia,” (with Daan Pattinasarany) Growth and Change, vol. 40, no. 1, 2009.

“Local Tax Effects on the Business Climate,” (with Bambang Suharnoko) in Neil McCulloch (ed.), Rural Investment Climate in Indonesia, Institute for South East Asian Studies, 2009.

“Revisiting the Price of Residential Land in Jakarta,” Urban Studies, vol. 44, no. 11, 2007.

“On-Lending in Indonesia: Past Performance and Future Prospects,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 43, no. 1, 2007.

“Local Government Taxation: An Analysis of Administrative Cost Inefficiency,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, 2006.

“Indonesian Local Government Spending, Taxing, and Saving: An Explanation of Pre- and Post-Decentralization Fiscal Outcomes,” Asian Economic Journal, vol. 19, no.3, 2005.

“Central Development Spending in the Regions Post-Decentralization,” (with Jasmin Chakeri) Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, 2004.

“Property Taxation in Indonesia: Measuring and Explaining Administrative (Under-) Performance,” Public Administration and Development, vol. 23, no. 3, 2003.

“Tax and Charge Creation by Regional Governments under Fiscal Decentralization: Estimates and Explanations,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, 2003.

“Local Government Borrowing and Repayment in Indonesia: Does Fiscal Capacity Matter?” World Development, vol. 31, no. 6, 2003.

“Indonesia,” in P. Smoke and Y. H. Kim (eds.) Intergovernmental Transfers in Asia: Current Practice and Challenges for the Future, Manila: Asian Development Bank, 2002.

“The General Purpose Grant,” in Budy Resosudarmo, Armida Alisjahbana, and Bambang Brodjonegoro (eds.) Indonesia’s Sustainable Development in a Decentralized Era , IRSA, 2002.

“The New Indonesian Equalisation Transfer,” Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, 2001.

“Reconsidering Decentralization in Indonesia: Reply to Beier and Ferrazzi,” (with Paul Smoke) World Development, vol. 26, no. 12, 1998.

“The Impact of Public Infrastructure on Municipal Economic Development: Empirical Results from Kenya,” Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 1998.

“Fiscal Decentralization in Indonesia: A New Approach to an Old Idea,” (with Paul Smoke) World Development, vol. 24, no. 8, 1996.

“Estimating, Explaining, and Targeting Poverty in Belize: Implications for Policy,” Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1996.

“Rural-Urban Linkages in a Small Regional Economy,” (with Erik Thorbecke) in J. Edward Taylor and Irma Adelman (eds.) Village Economies: The Design, Estimation, and Application of Villagewide Economic Models, Cambridge University Press, 1996.

“Formal Housing Finance and Low-Income Urban Households in Indonesia: Never the Twain Shall Meet?” Asian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, vol. 12, no. 4, 1993.

“Growth Linkages and Urban Policy in Niger,” (with P. L. Doan) Growth and Change, vol. 24, no. 4, 1993.

“The Relative Importance of Exports in Determining Levels of Regional Output and Income: A Model and Empirical Evidence from Kenya,” Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1993.

“District-Level Economic Linkages in Kenya: Evidence Based on a Small Regional Social Accounting Matrix,” (with Erik Thorbecke) World Development, vol. 20, no. 6, 1992.

“A Comment on the Relative Employment Generation Capabilities of the Manufacturing and Service Sectors in Developing Countries,” World Development, vol. 19, no. 12, 1991.

“An Inquiry into Kenyan Small Town Development Policy,” Economic Geography, vol. 67, no. 2, 1991.

“The Economic Impact on the Built Physical Environment of Damage by Natural Disasters: A Model and Empirical Evidence” (with Barclay G. Jones and David Westendorff), International Symposium on Building Technology and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation. 1991.

“Estimating Size Distributions of Building Areas for Natural Hazards Assessments,” (with Barclay G. Jones) Earthquake Spectra, vol. 3, no. 3, 1990.

“The Four Basic Properties of Rank-Size Hierarchical Distributions: Their Characteristics and Interrelationships,” (with Barclay G. Jones) Papers of the Regional Science Association, vol. 68, 1990.

“Chinese Cities among the Largest World Agglomerations: an Historical Analysis,” (with Barclay G. Jones and Jeffrey W. Cody), International Conference on Planning for Human Settlements: China and the United States, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, June. 1987.

“James P. Bennet on Subjunctive Reasoning, Policy Analysis, and Political Argument,” (with Walter Isard) Conflict Management and Peace Science, vol. 8, no. 1, Fall 1984.

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