Author Page for Bo Zhao

1.

Forecasting the New England States’ Tax Revenues in the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Paper Series Current Policy Perspectives Paper No. 88356

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 23 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2020

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Effect of Changing Employers’ Access to Criminal Histories on Ex-Offenders’ Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the 2010–2012 Massachusetts Cori Reform

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 16-30

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 28 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2017

Osborne Jackson and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Do Credit Market Barriers Exist for Minority and Woman Entrepreneurs?

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 74

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 20 Apr 2011

Lloyd A. Blanchard, Bo Zhao and John Yinger

affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

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Does Changing Employers’ Access to Criminal Histories Affect Ex-Offenders’ Recidivism?: Evidence from the 2010–2012 Massachusetts Cori Reform

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 16-31

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 28 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2017

Osborne Jackson and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Lack of Affordable Housing in New England: How Big a Problem? Why is it Growing? What are We Doing About it?

New England Public Policy Center Working Paper No. 06-1

Number of pages: 173 Posted: 01 Mar 2012

Alicia Modestino, Bo Zhao and Darcy Rollins Saas

Northeastern University, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Small Businesses in Springfield, Massachusetts: A Look at Latino Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Sep 2011

Ana Patricia Munoz, Lynn Elaine Browne, Sol Carbonell, Prabal Chakrabarti, DeAnna Green, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, Richard C. Walker, Anna Steiger and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Consequences of State Disinvestment in Public Higher Education: Lessons for the New England States

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 19-1

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 25 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2022

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Reinvigorating Springfield’s Economy: Lessons from Resurgent Cities

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-6

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 09 Dec 2009

Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, Ana Patricia Munoz, Lynn Elaine Browne, DeAnna Green, Marques Benton, Prabal Chakrabarti, David Plasse, Richard C. Walker and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Measuring Municipal Fiscal Disparities in Connecticut

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Measuring Municipal Fiscal Disparities in Connecticut

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, New England Public Policy Center Research Report 15-1

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 May 2015

Bo Zhao and Jennifer Weiner

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Measuring Municipal Fiscal Disparities in Connecticut

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 15-1

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Sep 2017

Bo Zhao and Jennifer Weiner

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Measuring Disparities in Non-School Costs and Revenue Capacity Among Massachusetts Cities and Towns

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Measuring Disparities in Non-School Costs and Revenue Capacity Among Massachusetts Cities and Towns

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 06-19

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jan 2007 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2008

Katharine Bradbury and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Measuring Disparities in Non-School Costs and Revenue Capacity Among Massachusetts Cities and Towns

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 06-19, FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 06-3

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Katharine Bradbury and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study

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Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study

Syracuse University Center for Policy Research Working Paper No. 67

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 18 Apr 2011

Bo Zhao, Jan Ondrich and John Yinger

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Syracuse University - Center for Policy Research and Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

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Why Do Real Estate Brokers Continue to Discriminate? Evidence from the 2000 Housing Discrimination Study

Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 59, No. 3, 2006

Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao, Jan Ondrich and John Yinger

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Syracuse University - Center for Policy Research and Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

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Designing State Aid Formulas: The Case of a New Formula for Distributing Municipal Aid in Massachusetts

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Designing State Aid Formulas: The Case of a New Formula for Distributing Municipal Aid in Massachusetts

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 08-1

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 May 2008

Bo Zhao and Katharine Bradbury

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Designing State Aid Formulas: The Case of a New Formula for Distributing Municipal Aid in Massachusetts

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 08-1, FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 08-2

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao and Katharine Bradbury

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Saving for a Rainy Day: Estimating the Appropriate Size of U.S. State Budget Stabilization Funds

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 14-12

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jan 2015

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Reintegrating the Ex-Offender Population in the U.S. Labor Market: Lessons from the Cori Reform in Massachusetts

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 17-1

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 07 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2022

Osborne Jackson, Riley Sullivan and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Role of Economic, Fiscal, and Financial Shocks in the Evolution of Public Sector Pension Funding

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 13-26

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 May 2014

Robert K. Triest and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Walking a Tightrope: Are U.S. State and Local Governments on a Fiscally Sustainable Path?

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 13-18

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Jan 2014

Bo Zhao and David Coyne

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA)

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Achieving Greater Fiscal Stability: Guidance for the New England States

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Achieving Greater Fiscal Stability: Guidance for the New England States

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, New England Public Policy Center Research Report No. 15-2

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Oct 2015

Yolanda K. Kodrzycki and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Achieving Greater Fiscal Stability: Guidance for the New England States

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 15-2

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Sep 2017

Yolanda K. Kodrzycki and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Jobs in Springfield, Massachusetts: Understanding and Remedying the Causes of Low Resident Employment Rates

FRB of Boston Public Policy Discussion Paper No. 09-11

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Feb 2010

Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, Ana Patricia Munoz, Lynn Elaine Browne, DeAnna Green, Marques Benton, Prabal Chakrabarti, Richard C. Walker and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Does Springfield Receive its Fair Share of Municipal Aid? Implications for Aid Formula Reform in Massachusetts

FRB of Boston Public Policy Brief No. 10-4

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao, Marques Benton, Lynn Elaine Browne, Prabal Chakrabarti, DeAnna Green, Yolanda K. Kodrzycki, Ana Patricia Munoz and Richard C. Walker

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Disinvesting in the Future?: A Comprehensive Examination of the Effects of State Appropriations for Public Higher Education

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 18-1

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 17 Jun 2018 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Fiscal Impact of Potential Local-Option Taxes in Massachusetts

FRB of Boston Public Policy Brief No. 10-2

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Measuring Disparities in Cost and Spending across Connecticut School Districts

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 20-2

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Apr 2021

Bo Zhao and Nicholas Chiumenti

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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A More Equitable Approach to Cutting State Aid

FRB of Boston Public Policy Brief No. 11-2

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 30 Nov 2011

Bo Zhao and David Coyne

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA)

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Transparency in State Debt Disclosure

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 17-10

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Nov 2017

Bo Zhao and Wen Wang

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers University, Newark

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Municipal Aid Evaluation and Reform

FRB of Boston NEPPC Working Paper No. 11-1

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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State Disinvestment in Higher Education: The Impact on Public Research Universities' Patent Applications

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 19-2

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Feb 2019

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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How to Design a State Education Aid Formula That is Equitable, Adequate, and Politically Feasible: The Case of Connecticut

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 21-1

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 22 Apr 2021

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Designing Formulas for Distributing Reductions in State Aid

FRB of Boston NEPPC Working Paper No. 11-2

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao and David Coyne

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA)

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From Urban Core to Wealthy Towns: Nonschool Fiscal Disparities Across Connecticut Municipalities

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 15-14

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 01 Jan 2016

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Making Municipal Aid Count: Mind the Gap!

Communities & Banking, pp. 23-25, Spring 2011

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

David Coyne and Bo Zhao

U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA) and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Reforming Municipal Aid in Massachusetts: The Case for a Gap-Based Formula

FRB of Boston Public Policy Brief No. 10-2

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 21 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao and David Coyne

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA)

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Measuring Non-School Fiscal Imbalances of New England Municipalities

FRB of Boston Public Policy Brief No. 07-6

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao and Katharine Bradbury

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Reforming Connecticut’s Education Aid Formula to Achieve Equity and Adequacy across School Districts

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 21-1

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Apr 2021

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Impact of Weather on Local Government Spending

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 22-22

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 24 Dec 2022

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Making Cuts in State Aid More Equitable

Communities & Banking, pp. 24-26, Spring 2012

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 04 Mar 2012

Bo Zhao and David Coyne

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Analysis (OTA)

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Opting in with the Joneses: What Affects the Timing of Municipal Adoption of a Local-Option Meals Tax?

FRB of Boston Working Paper No. 21-14

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Dec 2021

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Effects of Weather on Massachusetts Municipal Expenditures: Implications of Climate Change for Local Governments in New England

FRB Boston Research Data Report No. 22-2

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Dec 2022

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Measuring Non-School Fiscal Disparities Among Municipalities

National Tax Journal, Vol. 62, No. 1, 2009

Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Katharine Bradbury and Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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The Fiscal Impact of Local-Option Taxes on Municipalities: The Case of Massachusetts

Municipal Finance Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 63-86, 2011

Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Designing State Aid Formulas

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 278-295, 2009

Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao and Katharine Bradbury

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Does the Number of Houses a Broker Shows Depend on a Homeseeker's Race?

Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 57, No. 1, 2005

Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Do Lenders Discriminate Against Minority and Woman Entrepreneurs?

Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 63, No. 2, 2008

Posted: 22 Sep 2011

Lloyd A. Blanchard, Bo Zhao and John Yinger

affiliation not provided to SSRN, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and Syracuse University, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Bo Zhao

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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