GFOA and the Public Finance Journal are proud to announce the first-ever winners of the GovFi Prize. The GovFi Prize was established in 2024 to help answer questions that are of interest to GFOA and the field of government finance. These researchers are being recognized with the Best of Submission award for their answer to the question, “What does the public really want to know about public finance?” and an award of $8,000. In the true spirit of the GovFi Prize and the Public Finance Journal, these two articles come from practitioners and academics. The recognized submissions are:
- GFOA member Kip Murray and Cathy Landry from the City of Bellevue, Washington, for their article, “What Does the Public Really Want to Know About Public Finance? It’s Not Crystal Clear, but the Public Wants Profit!”
- Carolyn Abott, Matthew Incantalupo, and Akheil Singla, professors from Baruch College, Yeshiva University, and Arizona State University, for their article, “Informing Voters About Public Finance: Evidence from a Survey Experiment.”
Both articles are available at the links above in the Public Finance Journal, the open-source online academic journal of GFOA. The authorship teams are being recognized with financial awards.
If you are interested in learning more about submitting for the GovFi Prize, visit https://www.gfoa.org/govfi-prize.
- Publication date: February 2025