1. Jered B. Carris an assistant professor of political science at Wayne State University. His current research focuses on political consolidation, municipal services cooperation, and metropolitan governance. He is coeditor of City-County Consolidation and its Alternatives: Reshaping the Local Government Landscape (M.E. Sharpe, 2004).
2. Sang-Seok Baeis a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Public Administration at Korea University. His research and teaching interests focus on public economics, financial management, urban policy, and fiscal institutions. His work has been published in the International Journal of Public Administration.
3. Wenjue Luis a doctoral student in public administration in the Reubin O'D. Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at the Florida State University. Her research and teaching interests focus on sociological institutionalism, urban policy, and local governance.