John Spry
University of St. Thomas
John A. Spry is an associate professor in St. Thomas University’s Opus college of Business. He earned his B.S. in economics at Ohio State University and M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at the University of Rochester. He previously served as a faculty member 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. His current areas of research are state and local public finance, the economics of state lotteries and casinos, and the effects of tax rates on tax bases. 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 a member of the Minnesota Governor's 21st Century Tax Reform Commission.
