School finance reform: Assessing general equilibrium effects

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 92, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1326-1351

  Epple, Dennis ^a,b   Ferreyra, Maria Marta ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

General equilibrium; School finance; Tax reform; Tiebout models

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849137608     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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