Donald J. Boyd
Donald J. Boyd is executive director of the Task Force on the State Budget Crisis, created by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and former New York Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch, and a senior fellow and the former director of State and Local Government Finance research group. Boyd has over three decades of experience analyzing state and local fiscal issues, and has written or co-authored many of the program’s reports on the fiscal climate in the 50 states. His previous positions include director of the economic and revenue staff for the New York State Division of the Budget and director of the tax staff for the New York State Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Boyd holds a Ph.D. in managerial economics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.
Areas of Expertise:
Fiscal health/policies of states.
Contact Information:
Phone: (518) 677-5011
Fax: (518) 443-5274
The Rockefeller Institute of Government
411 State Street
Albany, New York 12203
Email: boydd@rockinst.org
Selected Publications,* by Topic
*Publications available on this website. For others, see curriculum vitae.
- State and Local Finance
- Time Bandits? State Income Taxes Surge in April, 2013
- Strong Tax Revenue Growth Heightens State Fiscal Uncertainty, 2013
- Sales Tax Revenues Show Slowest Growth in Last Two Years, 2013
- Sales Tax Revenues Show Slowest Growth in Last Two Years, 2012
- State Tax Revenues Rebound Further, Growing For Third Straight Quarter, 2010
- State Revenue Report #81: Revenue Now Growing in Most States; Sales Tax Gains 5.7 Percent in 2nd Quarter, 2010
- State Tax Revenues Are Slowly Rebounding: Two Straight Quarters of Growth, But Total Collections Are Still Below Prerecession Levels, 2010
- State Revenue Report #80: After Disastrous 2009, States Report Modest Revenue Growth in Early 2010, 2010
- State Revenue Report #79: Revenue Declines Less Severe, But States’ Fiscal Crisis Is Far From Over, 2010
- State Revenue Flash Report: Final Quarter of 2009 Brought Still More Declines in State Tax Revenue, 2010
- State Revenue Report #78: Recession or No Recession, State Tax Revenues Remain Negative, 2010
- State Revenue Flash Report: Old News Is Bad News: Third Quarter Brings More Decline in Tax Revenues, 2009
- State Revenue Report #77: State Tax Revenues Show Record Drop, For Second Consecutive Quarter, 2009
- State/Local Employment Up Slightly Since Start of Recession, But Cuts Are Now Underway, 2009
- State Revenue Report #76: State Tax Decline in Early 2009 Was the Sharpest on Record, 2009
- State Revenue Flash Report: April Is the Cruelest Month, 2009
- State Revenue Report #75: Sales Tax Decline in Late 2008 Was the Worst in 50 Years, 2009
- State Revenue Flash Report: State Tax Revenue Declined Sharply in Fourth Quarter, 2009
- SRR # 74: State Tax Revenue Falling Sharply in Fourth Quarter, Early Data Show, 2009
- SRR # 73: The Damage is Just Beginning, 2008
- Recessions and State and Local Finances, 2008
- SRR # 72: State Taxes Slow Yet Again, and Further Weakening Appears Likely, 2008
- State Revenue Flash Report: Sales Tax Declines in Most States, 2008
- What Will Happen to State Government Finances in a Recession?, 2008
- Impact of Proposed 2007 Federal Budget Actions on States, 2006
- Retiree Pensions and Health Benefits: State and Local Governments Face New Budget Challenges, 2006
- The 2001 Recession Continues to Affect State Budgets, 2006
- State Budgets: Recent Trends and Outlook, 2005
- SFB # 73: New Census Data Offer Glimpse of States' Early Responses to the Fiscal Crisis, 2005
- State Finances: Improvement, But Pressures and Risks, 2005
- State and Local Governments Face Continued Fiscal Pressure, 2005
- New York Taxes In Relation to Other States, 2004
- Federal-State Fiscal Relationships In The United States: Implications for Border States, 2004
- State Finances: Not Out of the Woods Yet, 2004
- SFN # 4.5: K-12 Education Still Growing Strongly, 2004
- Is the State Fiscal Crisis Over? A 2004 State Budget Update, 2004
- State Fiscal Conditions: 2003 and Beyond, 2003
- It's Crunch Time for State Budgets, 2003
- The Current State Fiscal Crisis and Its Aftermath, 2003
- The State Fiscal Crisis: How We Got Here, Where We May Be Going, 2003
- The Fiscal State of States, 2003
- SFN # 3.4: State Fiscal Crisis Far Worse Than Economy Would Suggest, 2003
- Overview of the Current State Fiscal Crisis, 2003
- SFN # 2.9: State Governments Are Not Likely to Cut Employment in the Current Fiscal Crisis, 2002
- SFN # 2.5: Growth in State Prison Populations Continues to Slow, 2002
- SFN # 2.3: States Will Be Raising Their Economic Forecasts But May Lower Their Revenue Forecasts, 2002
- SFN # 2.2: Long Rise in Education Spending Slows as Economy Weakens, 2002
- SFN # 1.6: Big Drop in State Revenue in July-September 2001 Quarter, 2001
- SFN # 1.5: Sales Tax Growth Slump Gets Worse, 2001
- SRR # 45: State Tax Revenue Growth Weakens Significantly, 2001
- SFN # 1.4: State Budgets for 2002: Economic Slowdown Led States to Cut Spending and Draw on Reserves, But Tax Increases Were Rare, 2001
- SFN # 1.3: State Corporate Income Tax Collections Decline Sharply, 2001
- SFN # 1.2: Sales Tax Growth Slumps in 35 States, 2001
- SFN # 1.1: Revenue Problems Spread to the Northeast, 2001
- SRR # 44: A Second Quarter of Slow State Tax Revenue Growth, 2001
- SFB # 62: State Budgetary Assumptions in 2001 — States Will Be Lowering Their Economic Forecasts, 2001
- State Fiscal Issues and Risks at the Start of a New Century, 2000
- SSR # 39: Does December/January Revenue Signal a Strong April 2000?, 2000
- New York State Government: State-Local Relations
- Social Services
- Welfare Reform
- Health Care Finance
- Education Finance
- Workforce Development and Investment
- Teacher Preparation
- Teacher Preparation, 1999
