Mark D. Robbins

Mark Robbins is Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut School of Public Policy where he taught public investment management. He conducts research and teaches in the area of public budgeting and finance. His research focuses on public debt, budgeting, and citizen preferences for taxing and spending. Mark works closely with Bill Simonsen and their work together has appeared in numerous scholarly journals. He presently serves on the board of Public Financial Publications and is a frequent visitor at Fudan University’s Institute of Global Public Policy. He has also served as technical adviser to the Government Finance Officer’s Association’s Debt Committee, on the Commission for Peer Review and Accreditation for the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, and on the Government Accounting Standard Board’s Government Accounting Standards Advisory Council representing the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. Robbins received his Master’s degree from the University of Oregon, and his Ph.D. from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.