Links to Institutions Performing Research Affecting Local Government Policy

A number of public and private institutions, many of them academic, are involved in important research affecting local government and public administration. Subjects such as government finance, land use and transportation planning, social programs, and public policy are studied and reported. The findings are often used by legislators and government administrators in shaping policy.

Below are a listing of institutions that conduct local government and public administration research. If you notice an institution of merit missing from this list, please feel free to inform us at the MRSC Library. A listing of more libertarian "think tanks" may be accessed at the Cascade Policy Institute's Public Policy Web Site list. An additional list of Policy Institutes may be accessed from Google. Also available is a list of Professional Organizations and Agencies of Interest to Washington Local Governments.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Local Government Institute, University of Victoria

CALIFORNIA

• California Research Bureau
• Hoover Institution
• Public Policy Institute of California
• RAND Institute
• The Reason Foundation
• Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley

COLORADO

• University of Colorado at Denver Graduate School of Public Affairs

FLORIDA

• Florida Monitor

KENTUCKY

• Chase College of Law Local Government Law Center
• Council of State Governments

MASSACHUSETTS

• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
• National Bureau of Economic Research

MICHIGAN

• Mackinac Center for Public Policy

MINNESOTA

• Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.

MONTANA

• Political Economy Research Center

NEW JERSEY

• Center for Urban Policy Research, The State University of New Jersey at Rutgers

NEW YORK

• National Resources Defense Council
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

NORTH CAROLINA

• Institute of Government, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

OHIO

• National Regulatory Research Institute

OREGON

• Portland State University College of Urban & Public Affairs

WASHINGTON D.C.

• American Enterprise Institute
• The Aspen Institute
• Brookings Institute
• The Cato Institute
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Economic Policy Institute
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• Urban Institute
• The Urban Land Institute

WASHINGTON STATE

• University of Washington Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
• Washington Research Council
• Washington Roundtable
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy