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Tuition increases Geaux away? Evidence from voting on Louisiana’s amendment 2

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  • Joshua C. Hall
  • Serkan Karadas

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In many states, public institutions of higher education have the autonomy to raise tuition. This has not been the case in Louisiana since a 1995 constitutional amendment required a two-thirds majority of the state legislature for any tuition increase. In November of 2016, voters in Louisiana rejected Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that would have given state institutions of higher education autonomy in setting tuition. We examine parish-level voting on Amendment 2 using an empirical political economy model and find that parishes with a greater percentage of African-Americans and university employees were more likely to vote yes. Student enrolment at public institutions seemingly did not play a role in Amendment 2 losing.

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  • Joshua C. Hall & Serkan Karadas, 2018. "Tuition increases Geaux away? Evidence from voting on Louisiana’s amendment 2," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(13), pages 924-927, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:25:y:2018:i:13:p:924-927
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1386273
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    1. Colin Steitz, 2022. "Who votes for right-to-work?A median voter analysis of Missouri’s Proposition A," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 11(2), pages 88-92.
    2. Candon Johnson & Joshua Hall, 2019. "The Public Choice of Public Stadium Financing: Evidence from San Diego Referenda," Economies, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, March.
    3. Levi Russell & Josh Hall, 2022. "The political economy of state right to farm amendments: evidence from Missouri," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 11(3), pages 93-97.

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