Changing education finance policy, school referenda activity, and success rates: Evidence from Wisconsin

Public Finance Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-455

  Maher, Craig ^a   Skidmore, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education finance; Referenda; Tax price

Indexed keywords

EID: 44849105838     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142107305351     Document Type: Article

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