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Autor:
Zelenitz, Allan
Publikováno v:
Public Choice, 1982 Jan 01. 39(1), 143-145.
Externí odkaz:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30023618
Publikováno v:
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics. 16:411-433
We explore the question of whether personality traits as measured by standard psychological tests are significant explanators of behavior in an entry game. The experimental data and psychological test results come from classroom experiments designed
Autor:
Jon Sonstelie, Bree J. Lang
Publikováno v:
National Tax Journal. 68:545-571
School finance is highly centralized in California, as the state determines almost all of the revenue school districts receive. The only significant source of local revenue is a tax on parcels of l...
Autor:
Jon Sonstelie, Heather Rose
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urban Economics. 67:438-450
This paper presents a public choice theory of the bargaining power of teachers’ unions. The theory predicts that the power of the unions rises with the size of a district. The theory is tested by examining the relationship between district size and
Autor:
Jon Sonstelie, Heather Rose
Publikováno v:
Education Finance and Policy. 3:165-196
Many states have used professional judgment panels to determine the resources schools need to meet certain performance targets. This study initiates a critical study of that method. Using budget simulations with hypothetical schools, we collected the
Autor:
Jon Sonstelie
Publikováno v:
Education Finance and Policy. 3:58-89
This article reports the results of school budget simulations with 568 randomly selected California public school teachers, principals, and superintendents. Simulation participants were presented with the budget for a hypothetical school and asked to
Autor:
Eric J. Brunner, Jon Sonstelie
Publikováno v:
Journal of Public Economics. 87:2157-2185
California has transferred the financing of its public schools from localities to the state. In response, many families have supplemented the tax revenue of their local public schools with voluntary contributions. This paper analyzes that phenomenon.
Autor:
Eric J. Brunner, Jon Sonstelie
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urban Economics. 54:239-257
A school voucher would decrease property values in neighborhoods with superior public schools and increase property values in neighborhoods with inferior public schools. These potential gains and losses may influence voting on voucher initiatives, pa
Publikováno v:
Journal of Urban Economics. 50:517-536
In 1993, Californians voted on a school voucher initiative. We hypothesize that homeowners in good school districts understood the voucher to be a threat to their property values and thus voted against it. Precinct returns from Los Angeles County con
Autor:
Jon Sonstelie, Fabio Silva
Publikováno v:
National Tax Journal. 48:199-215
Compared to the national aver- age, California's public school spending per pupil fell by 23 percent from 1970 to 1990. We find that about half of the de- cline can be attributed to Serrano v. Priest, the 1971 California Supreme Court ruling that req