Public Policy Forums
UMBC Public Policy Forums provide an opportunity for business, government, and community policy practitioners to share research and ideas on topics of importance to the region. The forums are organized under the auspices of the UMBC Public Policy External Advisory Board.
Slots or No Slots
The Public Policy Implications of
Expanded Gambling in Maryland
June 4, 2008
Constellation Room, 21st Floor, World Trade Center Baltimore, MD 21202
In November 2008, Marylanders will vote on a referendum for a constitutional amendment to allow video lottery terminals (slot machines) at selected locations around the state. This forum presented public policy research on the economics of legalized gambling, and the potential impacts of the proposed video lottery terminal program on the state, its businesses and its residents. The goal of the forum was to inform debate prior to the 2008 General Election referendum.
Program
8:00 a.m - REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND LIGHT BREAKFAST
8:30 a.m. - WELCOME
Donald F. Norris, Professor and Chair, Department of Public Policy and Director, Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research, UMBC
PRESENTERS
Speaker bios
Robert Carpenter, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UMBC
PowerPoint Presentation
Robert Goodman, Professor, School of Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies, Hampshire College; former director of the United States Gambling Research Institute, and author of The Luck Business
Frederick W. Puddester
Chairman, For Maryland
For Our Future
9:30 a.m. - AUDIENCE Q&A
10:00 a.m. - ADJOURN
Please note that you must show a picture ID to enter the World Trade Center |
Sponsored by the UMBC Departments of Public Policy, Economics and the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis & Research
Bob Carpenter is an associate professor of economics at UMBC. Carpenter is author of The Concerned Citizen’s Guide to Slot Machine Gambling and Horse Racing in Maryland. His research has appeared in the Economic Journal, the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and the Review of Economics and Statistics, among others. Carpenter received his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Washington University, and a B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan-Flint.
Robert Goodman is a professor of environmental design and planning at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, and a former columnist for the Boston Globe. He is the former director of the United States Gambling Research Institute, and the author of numerous articles on urban planning and economic policy. He also has authored three books, including The Luck Business about the gambling industry.
Fred Puddester is the chairman of For Maryland For Our Future, a ballot committee supporting the slot machine referendum. He is Chairman of the Maryland Stadium Authority and Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration at the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he has
served as Executive Director of Budgeting and Planning for the
Interagency Public School Construction Program, as Maryland's Secretary
of Budget and Management, and as Chairman of the Commission on
Maryland's Fiscal Structure. Puddester is a graduate of the University
of Vermont and received his master's degree from Rutgers University.
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