Peer-review publications

1. "Local Option Sales Taxes and Fiscal Disparities among Localities: Evidence from Georgia,” Zhirong Zhao and Yilin Hou, Public Budgeting and Finance, 2008(28), 39-57.
   
2. “Is Management Performance a Factor in Municipal Bond Credit Ratings? The case of Texas School Districts,” Dwight Denison, Wenli Yan, and Zhirong Zhao, Public Budgeting and Finance, 2007(27), 86-98. (A different version of working paper from the same project.)
   
3. “Motivations, Obstacles, and Resources: The Adoption of the General Purpose Local Option Sales Tax in Georgia Counties,” Zhirong Zhao, Public Finance Review, 2005 (33), 721-746.
4. “Morality Policy and Unintended Consequences: China’s ‘One Child’ Policy,” Jerome S. Legge and Zhirong Zhao, Chinese Public Administration Review, 2004 (3), 30-45.