The Effect of Tax and Expenditure Limitations on Public Education Resources: A Meta-regression Analysis

• Tác giả: Sonali Ballal
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 220.07 Bible
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 327700
• Chủ đề: 1. Educational Finance I220; 2. National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General H500; 3. State and Local Budget and Expenditures H720; 4. State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue H710

Tóm tắt

While tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) are intended to restrain government taxing and spending, empirical research has arrived at different, sometimes contradictory, conclusions on their impact. In this article, we use meta-regression analysis (MRA) to sort out these differences and to draw conclusions regarding the effect of TELs on one of the largest areas of state and local spending, education. We find evidence that TELs are associated with increases in state funding for education, relative to local or combined state and local funding. The results also suggest that some methodological factors may affect study results and that study publication is associated with findings of negative TEL effects on education resources.