Recent posts
Jun 8, 2026
A figure that has been stuck in my head
The relative growth of the total local government sector relative to the total non-farm private sector is fascinating—once a laggard but no longer.
Jan 14, 2026
Reorganizing My Teaching Files
While there are some resources on how to organize empirical research files, there is almost nothing for teaching. This is my attempt to solve that.
Jan 1, 2026
Inspired by Uses This And App Defaults, this post includes a relatively up-to-date description of the stuff I use to do things.
Working papers
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Christopher B. Goodman. "Local Governments in the Age of Preemption,” Working paper.
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Christopher B. Goodman. "Demand Shocks & Special Districts: Evidence from Chinese Import Shocks,” Working paper.
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Christopher B. Goodman and Suzanne M. Leland. "Creative Destruction? Examining Special District Dissolution by Service Area."
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Christopher B. Goodman. "Overlapping Jurisdictions and Residential Segregation by Race”
Current courses
Local & Metropolitan Government
- Fall 2026 (synchronous online)