The impact of school finance litigation on resource distribution: A comparison of court-mandated equity and adequacy reforms

Education Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 421-444

  Springer, Matthew G ^a   Liu, Keke ^a   Guthrie, James W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adequacy; Education finance; Equity; Resource distribution; School finance litigation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PUBLIC SPENDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STUDENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 71249105000     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645290802069269     Document Type: Article

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