Progressivism and Academic Public Finance, 1880 to 1930
研究了1880年代至大萧条前夕，公共财政如何在美国大学中成为经济学的一个子领域，并指出进步主义思潮对领军学者（如Ely、Adams、Seligman）塑造该领域定义、边界和分析方法的关键作用。
This article examines the institutionalization of public finance as a subfield of economics in American universities from the founding of professional academic economics departments in the 1880s through the eve of the Great Depression. It is argued that what became identified as the accepted domain of public finance was fundamentally shaped by the Progressivism of leading practitioners, in particular Richard T. Ely, H. C. Adams, and E. R. A. Seligman. Considered is the development of a community of scholars recognized as specialists in public finance and the professionalization of public finance as a distinct field within economics. This includes examination of the subject’s definition, its boundaries, and the types of analyses undertaken. Academic training, including courses and readings, at Columbia, Chicago, Harvard, and Wisconsin is compared.