Profile: Meet Professor Anthony Rufolo

Anthony M. Rufolo, Ph.D
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

Anthony M. Rufolo, Ph.D
Professor of Urban Studies and Planning

B.S. 1970 (economics) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. 1975 (economics) University of California at Los Angeles

Anthony Rufolo is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at PortlandState University. He is an economist, specializing in State and LocalFinance, Transportation, Urban Economics, and Regional EconomicDevelopment. Prior to joining the faculty at Portland State in 1980, hespent six years as an Economist and Senior Economist with the FederalReserve Bank of Philadelphia. His research has appeared in suchjournals as the National Tax Journal, Transportation Research,Transportation Research Record, The Journal of Urban Economics, LandEconomics and The Journal of Public Economics, and he is the co-authorof a textbook on public finance. He has practical experience with localeconomic development and finance issues in addition to my research andteaching. Dr. Rufolo's experience with government forecasting andbudgeting includes: Chair, Advisory Council to the (Oregon) Task Forceon State and Local Revenue Restructuring, 2008, Blue Ribbon Commissionon Cost Allocation, Oregon Department of Transportation, 1996, (Oregon)Governor's Council of Economic Advisors 1983-1994, City of BeavertonBudget Committee 1989-1995 (chair 1992-1994), Advisory Committee on theBudget for Tri-Met (the Portland transit system) 1991-1995 (chair1994-95), and the Investment Advisory Committee for the city ofPortland since 1992.

Professor Rufolo's contact information:
Office: Urban Center, room 370F
Phone: (503) 725.4049
E-mail: rufoloa@pdx.edu