R. Richard Geddes is an American academic specializing in

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

policy. He is a professor of policy analysis and management at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

, where he is director of its infrastructure program. Geddes is an expert in

public–private partnership A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions.Hodge, G. A and Greve, C. (2007), Public–Private Partnerships: An International Performance Review, Public Administ ...

s. He is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Education

Geddes was educated at Towson State University (BS 1984) and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

(MA 1987, PhD 1991).

Public Policy

Geddes is a recognized authority on transportation issues, being interviewed for NPR's

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. He writes as well for the Wall Street Journal. He has testified before House and Senate Committees ten times since 2008, most frequently about federal spending on railroads and the Postal Service. Geddes has observed that public-private partnerships are unlikely to take hold in the United States, as long as less risky municipal bond funding for projects is common.

References

Selected publications

* * Richard Geddes, R. (2005). Policy Watch: Reform of the U.S. Postal Service. Journal of Economic Perspectives. 19. 217-232. . * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geddes, Richard Cornell University faculty University of Chicago alumni Reports of the United States government American economists Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Year of birth missing (living people)