State and local governance; federalism, urban political economy, fiscal policy, community governance, government performance.
Juliet Musso, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Management, and the Vice Dean for Academic Programs at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Vice Dean Musso has expertise in state and local governance, federalism, and urban political economy, with specific research interests in fiscal resilience, state and local institutional reform, and civic engagement in governance institutions. She has published on neighborhood governance and urban revitalization, state and local government performance, and intergovernmental finance and service provision arrangements. Current research topics focus on fiscal resilience and coproduction in local service provision as well as state and local performance management.
