Why do school district budget referenda fail?

被引:30
作者
Ehrenberg, RA [1 ]
Smith, CL
Zhang, L
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, ILR, Natl Bur Econ Res, 256 Ives Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Cornell Univ, Higher Educ Res Inst, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[3] MIT, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[4] Cornell Univ, ILR, Cornell Higher Educ Res Inst, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
关键词
budget referenda; school district finance;
D O I
10.3102/01623737026002111
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
Our article analyzes historical data for New York State on the percentage of school board budget proposals that are defeated each year and panel data that we have collected on budget vote success for individual school districts in the state. We find that changes in state aid have little impact on budget vote success. Defeating a budget in one year increases the likelihood that voters will defeat a budget the next year. Finally, districts have a lower probability of having their budget proposals defeated when their school board members have longer terms.
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页码:111 / 125
页数:15
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