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John G. Matsusaka

  • 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
Office: (213) 740-6495
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Expertise Summary

Political economist focusing on government budgets and taxes, initiatives and referendums

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