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The Past and Future of the Urban Property Tax
Artigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2015Grant Driessen and Steven SheffrinFor U.S. cities, the property tax is the single largest source of own-source revenue, but the extent to which different cities rely on property tax revenues varies significantly. Grant Driessen and...
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Foreclosures and Neighborhoods
The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage CrisisArtigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2015Dan ImmergluckThis paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...
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School Quality, School Choice, and Residential Mobility
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014Eric BrunnerEric J. Brunner reviews two areas of research concerning the link between residential location and school quality: (1) the long-standing and growing literature on the effects of a residentially based...
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The School Attendance and Residential Location Balancing Act
Community, Choice, Diversity, and AchievementArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014Ellen Goldring and Walker SwainEllen B. Goldring and Walker Swain evaluate the impact parental choices have on residential location and schooling. This paper is divided into three loosely chronological sections that focus in turn...
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Not by the Hand of Horace Mann
How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School SystemArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014This paper by William A. Fischel is an economic history of K–12 education and the structure of school districts. As the second part of the title suggests, Fischel argues that land or property values...
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The Future Role of the Property Tax in the Funding of K12 Education in the United States
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014This paper reviews the role of the property tax in funding K–12 education. At present, local and state governments each contribute a national average of 44 percent of the funds spent on public...
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Nontraditional Public School Funding Sources
Trends, Issues, and OutlookArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014Henry ColemanThis paper by Henry A. Coleman examines a wide range of nontraditional revenue sources, including local-option personal income and general sales taxes, user charges and fees, gaming revenues, private...
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Transport Costs of School Choice
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014Kevin Krizek, Elizabeth Wilson, Ryan Wilson, and Julian MarshallIn this paper, the authors examine the role that transport costs play in school choice. They note that the average per pupil cost for transportation among U.S. school districts was $570 in 2010 (...
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Charter School Location
Evidence and Policy ImplicationsArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014Robert BifulcoCharter schools are just one school choice option, but one of the options that is growing rapidly. Robert Bifulco contributes a thorough review of the literature on charter school location, pointing...
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Beyond “Accidents of Geography”
Using Housing Policy to Improve Access to Quality EducationArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2014Elizabeth Mueller and Shannon Van ZandtElizabeth J. Mueller and Shannon S. Van Zandt argue that private restrictive covenants, land use and zoning regulations, and federal housing policies have played a major role in creating income and...
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