
Julia Payson
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Julia is an Assistant Professor in the NYU Department of Politics. She studies representation, accountability, and public service provision in state and local governments in the U.S. Her book project explores why some local governments hire lobbyists to represent them at the state and federal level and examines the financial implications of intergovernmental lobbying on municipal inequality. This research has received support from the National Science Foundation and the Stanford Institute for Research in the Social Sciences.