Robert Eger
Robert Eger
Associate Professor, Ph.D. Director
 
Ph.D., Kentucy, Public Administration
M.P.A., Kentucky
B.S., Wyoming, Social Science

Specializations: Government and Non Profit Accounting; Financial Management; Methodology
Phone: (850) 645-1914
Email: reger@fsu.edu
Office: 650 Bellamy
   

Robert J. Eger III is an Associate Professor and Ph.D. Director in the Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. His teaching interests are in the areas of public financial management, government and nonprofit accounting, analytical techniques, taxation, and policy analysis. His pursuit of the development and application of accounting, budgeting, and finance principles to public entities has rewarded him with opportunities to work with an assortment of organizations including the development of new municipalities in the State of Georgia Dr. Eger has completed projects in policy analysis and financial management for National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, City of Chattahoochee Hill Country, GA, City of Sandy Springs, GA, City of College Park, GA, Atlanta Public Schools, Gwinnett County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Georgia Department of Human Resources, Georgia Public Health Department, County of Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, , Georgia Department of Transportation, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Kentucky Transportation Center, Council of State Governments, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Dr. Eger has published on topics that include financing and accounting in government infrastructure, tax strategies and complexities, tax evasion and auditing activity, outsourcing in government, public health financing, defense spending, traffic safety, and managing intergovernmental revenues. Dr. Eger's commentaries on government accounting and fiscal structures have appeared in multiple local and regional newspapers and national news outlets such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times newspapers.





Recent Publications and Papers

Kim, Daejin, Sang Seok Bae, and Robert J. Eger III. (2009). Is Local Discretionary Sales Tax Adopted to Counteract Fiscal Stress? The Case of Florida Counties. Economic Development Quarterly 23(2), 150-166.

Eger III, Robert J. and Hai Guo. (2008). Financing Infrastructure: Fixed Price v. Price Index Contracts, Journal of Public Procurement 8 (3), 269-274.

Eger III, Robert J. and Amanda Wilsker. (2007). Cost Effectiveness Analysis and Transportation: Practices, Problems, and Proposals. Public Budgeting & Finance 27 (1), 104-116.

Hepburn, Valarie, Robert J. Eger III, Jungbu Kim, and Catherine Putnam Slade. (2007). Local Public Health Budgeting and Performance Measurement: Structuring a Framework to Promote Flexibility and Accountability. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 13 (2), 173-179.

Eger III, Robert J. (2006). Policy Instruments in Injury Crashes: Traffic Law Enforcement and Alcohol Prohibition. Transportation Research Record , No. 1969, 45-49.

Carroll, Deborah A., Robert J. Eger III, and Justin Marlowe. (2003). On the Importance of Relationship-Building in Government Outsourcing: Evidence and Insights from the Transportation Industry. Journal of Public Policy , 13 (6), 127-146.

Eger III, Robert J., Deborah A. Knudson, and Justin Marlowe. (2003). Silent Threats: Reconsidering the Importance of Non-Enforcement Auditing Activity. International Journal of Public Administration , 26 (4), 363-372.



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