AWWA Water Science, March 2022This study uses an embedded survey experiment to evaluate the effects of issue framing on willingness to pay water and sewer rate increases. Government-owned utilities require public support for financial


Sovereignty, primacy & environmental protectionPolicy Studies Journal, May 2020​Mellie Haider, Manuel P. TeodoroThe landmark American environmental laws of the 1970s originally made no mention of American Indian tribal lands, and subsequent research on environmental


​Contextual correlates and conservation outcomes​​Water Resources Research Y. Zhang, M.P. Teodoro & D. Switzer​​​Key PointsParticipatory surveillance is a way for governments to increase water waste monitoring capacity and achieve conservation goalsSocial and institutional aspects


​AWWA Water ScienceManuel P. Teodoro and Robin Rose Saywitz​This study uses contemporary metrics and data from an original, representative sample of water and sewer utilities in the United States to calculate the affordability of


AWWA Water ScienceManuel P. Teodoro​The ability of low-income families to pay for basic water and sewer services is a subject of increasing concern. Large-scale assessments of affordability across large numbers of American utilities are


Private Implementation of Public PolicyPSJ: Policy Studies JournalManuel P. Teodoro, Youlang Zhang, David Switzer​Where policy goals can be achieved through regulation of private firms, private provision of public services allows governments to separate public


​School leadership as a gendered professionPDK: Phi Delta KappanRobert Maranto, Kristen Carroll, Albert Cheng, and Manuel P. Teodoro​Even though the teaching profession is dominated by women, men hold more superintendent positions. The authors examine


Men’s and Women’s Career Advancement in Public AdministrationARPA: The American Review of Public AdministrationRobert Maranto, Manuel P. Teodoro, Kristen Carroll, and Albert ChengMy kids. Clinton, NY. 2009We explore the relationships between gender, career ambition,


A Model and Experimental EvaluationJPART: Journal of Public Administration and TheoryManuel P. Teodoro & Seung-Ho AnGovernment agencies carry reputations in the public imagination. Agency names, images, and icons help form a brand that conveys


Social Science QuarterlyDavid Switzer & Manuel P. Teodoro See Full Article ObjectivePast research yields inconsistent evidence of disparities in environmental quality by socioeconomic status (SES), race, and/or ethnicity. Since the political significance of race/ethnicity


Trust, Neglect, and JusticePSJ: Policy Studies JournalManuel P. Teodoro, Mellie Haider, David Switzer​This study investigates the implementation of U.S. environmental protection laws under American Indian tribal governance. The landmark laws of the 1970s that


Studying entitlements and capabilities, socio-cultural dynamics, and political processes, institutions and governanceWater SecurityAmber Wutich, Jessica Buddz, Laura Eichelberger, Jo Geere, Leila Harris, Wendy Jepson, Emma Norman, Kathleen O’Reilly, Amber Pearson, Sameer Shah, K. Simpson,


What Can Sabermetrics Tell Us about Presidential Success?PS: Political Science & PoliticsManuel P. Teodoro  & Jon R. BondWhy Ronald Reagan is like Bobby Cox and Lyndon Johnson is like Joe TorrePresidential scholars and baseball writers


​Bureaucratic independence in developing countries​​Journal of Public PolicyManuel P. Teodoro & M. Anne Pitcher​​​​This study investigates the effects of formal bureaucratic independence under varying democratic conditions. Conventional accounts predict that greater formal independence of


A Resource Endowment Theory of Human Capital and Agency PerformancePAR: Public Administration ReviewManuel P. Teodoro & David SwitzerThis article advances a resource endowment theory of human capital and performance in government organizations. Building on


​Executive job formation and political behaviourJournal of Public PolicyManuel P. Teodoro​Public agency executive jobs are temporary matches of individual bureaucrats with government employers. Together, the buyers and sellers of executive labour form jobs in


Journal AWWAManuel P. Teodoro​This article analyzes the influence of local governmental structures on the likelihood that utilities adopt one of two water conservation policies: conservation rates and landscape audits. Statistical analysis tests the effects


​AJPS: American Journal of Political ScienceManuel P. Teodoro​In studies of innovation, policy entrepreneurs recognize latent demand for new policies and then expend resources to promote them. But studies of policy entrepreneurs have generally focused


Assessing the Equity of Municipal Water RatesJournal AWWAManuel P. Teodoro​Meaningful, scientific measures of water rate equity are elusive. Without a sound metric for equity, discussions of fairness in water rates are prone to political