John Petersen
Professor of Public Policy
jep@gmu.edu
phone: 703.993.2286
fax: 703.993.8215
George Mason School of Public
Policy
3401 Fairfax Drive– MS 3B1
Arlington, VA 22201
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Northwestern University
Biography
John E. Petersen is a Professor of
Public Policy and Finance at the George Mason School of Public Policy.
Prior to joining the faculty, he was
President and Division Director
of the Government Finance Group/ARD,
a financial research and advisory firm
located in Arlington, Virginia. In
that capacity, he worked as a financial advisor and consultant to
governments and corporations within
the
United States and abroad.
Earlier,
Dr. Petersen served from 1977 to
1991 as Senior Director of the Government
Finance Research Center, a division of the Government Finance Officers
Association.
Before that he worked for the Securities Industry Association and the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors.
Dr.
Petersen earned a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University
in 1962 and an M.B.A. from the
Wharton School of the University
of Pennsylvania in 1964. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Pennsylvania
in 1967.
He is a member of more than a dozen professional societies and has worked
in more than a dozen countries on four continents.
Dr.
Petersen has written the ``Finance'' column for Governing magazine
for 12 years. He serves on the editorial boards of several professional
journals
including
Public Budgeting and Finance, Municipal Finance Journal, and Public Works
Management and Policy.
Areas of
Expertise
Government Finance (Federal, state, local)
International Finance
Financial Markets
Fiscal Impact Analysis