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The impact of local taxes on public school performance: the case of Pennsylvania

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  • Tin-Chun Lin
  • Shakil Quayes

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This study investigates how education inputs impact school performance. The focus is on local taxes since local tax revenues are the primary source of financing public schools. Using both OLS and 2SLS and examining 507 school districts in Pennsylvania during 1996 to 1999, results reveal that local taxes are strongly related to school performance implying that they have a direct effect on education inputs.

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  • Tin-Chun Lin & Shakil Quayes, 2006. "The impact of local taxes on public school performance: the case of Pennsylvania," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(7), pages 423-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:13:y:2006:i:7:p:423-426
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850500397635
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    1. Tin-Chun Lin, 2008. "Local Taxes and Parental Choice of Education: The Case of Pennsylvania," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 9(24), pages 1-7.
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