Janet Rothenberg Pack

Education

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1965; MA, University of California, Berkeley, 1963; BBA, City College/CUNY, 1959

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1983present (Chairperson, Public Policy and Management Department, 199297). University of Pennsylvania: 1970present. Previous appointments: Yale University; Southern Connecticut State College; The New School for Social Research. Visiting appointments: Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, 200304, 199799, 199192; Visiting Fellow, European Institute for Public Administration, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Summer, 1992; Visiting Fellow, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies, Summer 1991, ‘93, ’96, ’97; Visiting Fellow, Harry S. Truman Research Institute for Peace Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Summer 1989; Visiting Fellow, Institute of Urban and Regional Development. The Hebrew University. Summer 1983; Senior Resident in Public Finance, U.S. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 197779; Visiting Research Associate, Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley, AprilAugust, 1975; Research Consultant, Urban Studies Project, City Council, Nairobi, Kenya, JuneAugust, 1971.

Professional Leadership 20052009

Organizer and Coeditor, Brookings Conference and Papers on Urban Affairs (with Gary burtless), 20052009; Editorial Board, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 19992004; Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 2002present; Senior consultant, The Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, 1996present; Nonresident Sr. Fellow, Economics Division, The Brookings Institution, 1999present.

Past Courses

REAL206 URB PUB POL & PRIV DEVEL

This course considers a range of local policies in cities and regions. Examples include: clusters and other local development initiatives, large scale regional policies, employment zones and other targeted policies. More traditional urban policies such as zoning and planning and constraints, transportation pricing, and parking policies among many others will also be considered. Practical examples will be extremely diverse and include the Silicon Valley and attempts to copy it, the Tennessee Valley Authority, housing retrictions in developing countries such as Brazil, congestion pricing in London, etc. Students will be expected to actively participate and make presentations. The course emphasizes the importance of the economic context, the understanding of the underlying rationale for policies, and how the private agents respond to public incentives. The main learning goals are the following: be able to use simple empirical tools of economic evaluations, be able to articulate a critical analysis of competing viewpoints and assessments, and be able to integrate various analytic steps into an overal assessment of economic policies that relies on sound principles and is well argued.

REAL399 INDEPENDENT STUDY

All independent studies must be arranged and approved by a Real Estate department faculty member with the exception of the Annual Student Research Competition. ,Annual Student Research Seminar: This class meets in the Spring semester to analyze how to conduct research in the real estate market where to find data; how to critique research; how to frame research questions; how to write a business research report; how to present a business research report. Topics are provided each year. For more information regarding the Annual Student Research Competition see the Real Estate Department's website: http://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/.

REAL772 URB PUB POL & PRIV DEVEL

This course considers a range of local policies in cities and regions. Examples include: clusters and other local development initiatives, large scale regional policies, employment zones and other targeted policies. More traditional urban policies such as zoning and planning and constraints, transportation pricing, and parking policies among many others will also be considered. Practical examples will be extremely diverse and include the Silicon Valley and attempts to copy it, the Tennessee Valley Authority, housing retrictions in developing countries such as Brazil, congestion pricing in London, etc. Students will be expected to actively participate and make presentations. The course emphasizes the importance of the economic context, the understanding of the underlying rationale for policies, and how the private agents respond to public incentives. The main learning goals are the following: be able to use simple empirical tools of economic evaluations, be able to articulate a critical analysis of competing viewpoints and assessments, and be able to integrate various analytic steps into an overal assessment of economic policies that relies on sound principles and is well argued.

REAL972 URB PUB POL & PRIV DEVL

This course considers a range of local policies in cities and regions. Examples include: clusters and other local development initiatives, large scale regional policies, employment zones and other targeted policies. More traditional urban policies such as zoning and planning and constraints, transportation pricing, and parking policies among many others will also be considered. Practical examples will be extremely diverse and include the Silicon Valley and attempts to copy it, the Tennessee Valley Authority, housing retrictions in developing countries such as Brazil, congestion pricing in London, etc. Students will be expected to actively participate and make presentations. The course emphasizes the importance of the economic context, the understanding of the underlying rationale for policies, and how the private agents respond to public incentives. The main learning goals are the following: be able to use simple empirical tools of economic evaluations, be able to articulate a critical analysis of competing viewpoints and assessments, and be able to integrate various analytic steps into an overal assessment of economic policies that relies on sound principles and is well argued. ,All PhD students will be expected to complete a research paper in addition to the examination requirements.

Knowledge @ Wharton

Fighting for Common Ground: Will Business and the New Congress Get Along?, Knowledge @ Wharton 02/02/2011 Not With the Plan: State Budget Woes Create a Black Hole for U.S. Stimulus Funds, Knowledge @ Wharton 08/05/2009 The Candidates on Taxes: Finding the Devil in the Details, Knowledge @ Wharton 09/03/2008 Obama and McCain: Different — and Evolving — Visions for the U.S. Economy, Knowledge @ Wharton 06/25/2008 The Livingwage Movement: Good Social Policy or Selfdefeating?, Knowledge @ Wharton 11/10/1999