He was born in Portsmouth, N.H., earned an undergraduate degree with honors from College of the Holy Cross, served three years as an Army officer, and earned an M.A. He is the only person in the university’s history to receive both awards. In 1984, Professor McEachern won the University of Connecticut Alumni Association’s Faculty Award for Distinguished Public Service and in 2000 won the Association’s Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. He has also appeared on Now with Bill Moyers, Voice of America, and National Public Radio. He has been quoted in or written for publications such as the New York Times, London Times,Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, USA Today, Challenge Magazine, Connection, CBS, and Reader’s Digest. Professor McEachern has advised federal, state, and local governments on policy matters and directed a bipartisan commission examining Connecticut’s finances. He has also contributed chapters to edited volumes such as Rethinking Economic Principles, Federal Trade Commission Vertical Restraint Cases, and Issues in Financing Connecticut Governments. His books and monographs include Managerial Control and Performance, School Finance Reform, andTax-Exempt Property and Tax Capitalization in Metropolitan Areas. His research in public finance, public policy, and industrial organization has appeared in a variety of journals, including Economic Inquiry, National Tax Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Southern Economic Journal, Kyklos, and Public Choice.

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