John Spry, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Finance at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. He earned his BS in economics at Ohio State University and his MA and PhD in economics at the University of Rochester. He has been a member of the faculty at Rutgers University and was a visiting professor at Brandeis University and Ball State University. He has authored several publications in scholarly journals, made frequent conference presentations and served as a reviewer for academic journals.
Spry's current areas of research are state and local public finance, the economics of state lotteries, the effects of tax rates on tax bases and applied nonparametric econometrics. His work as a consultant includes a report on the economics and taxation of riverboat casinos for the Indiana Legislature and a report on tax expenditures and the budget process for the Minnesota Department of Revenue. He was also a member of the Minnesota Governor's 21st Century Tax Reform Commission.