Robert M. McNab, Associate Professor, received his Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Stanislaus in 1991 and his Ph.D. in Economics in 2001 from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He previously served a Program Manager (1995-1996) and Research Associate (1996-2000) for the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies of Georgia State University. He has also served as a consultant on tax policy, tax administration, and revenue estimation and forecasting issues for the United States Agency for International Development and the World Bank. He has published articles in the Defense and Security Analysis, National Tax Journal, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Public Budgeting and Finance, Small Wars and Insurgencies, and World Development, among others. He has served as a referee for Defense and Peace Economics, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Public Economics, Public Finance and Management, Public Finance Review, Public Finance and Budgeting, Review of Financial Economics, World Development and other journals. He is also a board member of Public Finance and Management. His research interests include the outcomes of fiscal decentralization, the reform of budgeting and tax administration systems in developing and transitional countries, and the economics of insurgent movements. He is a member of the American Economic Association, International Institute of Public Finance, and the National Tax Association. Professor McNab joined the faculty of the Defense Resources Management Institute and the Naval Postgraduate School in August 2000 and was promoted to Associated Professor in 2006.

Contact: rmmcnab@nps.edu, or (831) 656-3132