John G. Matsusaka
Political economist focusing on government budgets and taxes, initiatives and referendums
Executive Director of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC
Charles F. Sexton Chair in American Enterprise, and professor of Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School of Business
Professor of Business and Law, USC Gould School of Law
Professor of Political Science, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Expertise
- Election 2016
- political economy
- government budgets, taxes, spending
- corporate and industrial organization: restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, diversification
- initiatives, referendums and other ballot propositions
Additional Information
- Author: For the Many or the Few: The Initiative, Public Policy, and American Democracy (2004)
- Served as a consultant for the White House Council of Economic Advisors
- Executive Director of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at USC, which studies and tracks ballot measures and propositions throughout the country
