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1. Not by the Hand of Horace Mann

   How the Quest for Land Value Created the American School System
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   William A. Fischel

   This 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...

2. The Future Role of the Property Tax in the Funding of K12 Education in the United States

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2014
   Andrew Reschovsky

   This 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...

3. Metropolitan Cities in the National Fiscal and Institutional Structure

   Ponencias
   Abril 2013
   Paul Smoke

   In this paper, Paul Smoke points out that an important yet neglected issue in the study of urban public finance in developing countries is how urban and metropolitan governments are situated in the...