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More Money for Schools: Education Tax Referenda’s Rural-Urban Divide

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  • Yadavilli, Anita
  • Waldorf, Brigitte S.
  • Florax, Raymond J.G.M.

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School districts propose education tax referenda to attain funding additional to their state-allocated funds. This research examines educational finance across public school dis-tricts to understand the mechanisms that influence the proposal and approval of such refer-enda. The focus is on how these mechanisms operate differently in rural and urban settings. The results suggest that few school districts take advantage of educational tax referenda, with rural school districts being more likely to do so than urban school districts. School districts that do choose to propose a referendum will very likely gain voter approval. We find also that racial diversity, competition from private schools, and school district size operate differ-ently in urban and rural settings.

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  • Yadavilli, Anita & Waldorf, Brigitte S. & Florax, Raymond J.G.M., 2017. "More Money for Schools: Education Tax Referenda’s Rural-Urban Divide," Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Mid-Continent Regional Science Association, vol. 47(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jrapmc:293629
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.293629
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    1. Michael Reed & Patrick O’Reilly & Joshua Hall, 2019. "The Economics and Politics of Carbon Taxes and Regulations: Evidence from Voting on Washington State’s Initiative 732," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-12, July.
    2. Yaw M. Mensah & Michael P. Schoderbek & Min Cao & Savita A. Sahay, 2023. "The disciplinary effect of taxpayer balloting on public spending: some empirical evidence," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 60(2), pages 791-819, February.

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