Public Administration and Policy PhD students in their first through third years joined PhD students at Georgia State University for a “GSU/UGA Joint Doctoral Student Research Event.” The event was hosted by the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies on Friday, April 3, 2015. The following papers were presented by UGA PhD students:

• Courtney Yarbrough, “Federal, state, or partnership exchanges: Where is coverage through the Affordable Care Act most affordable?”
• Mikhail Ivonchyk, “What explains underwriter bidding intensity in competitive municipal sales? Evidence from Texas municipal bonds”
• Seong Kang, “Co-contamination as the dark side of co-production: A review of cases and challanges”
• Shannon Jackson, “Community benefits and nonprofit hospitals”
• Julie Meehan, “The landscape of federal contracts with nonprofits”