Campaign Expenditures in School Levy Referenda and Their Relationship to Voter Approval: Evidence From Ohio, 2007-2010

Leadership and Policy in Schools

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-76

  Ingle, William Kyle ^a   Johnson, Paul Andrew ^a   Ryan Givens, Matt ^a   Rampelt, Jerry ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Support Ohio Schools   (United States)

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EID: 84874761023     PISSN: 15700763     EISSN: 17445043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15700763.2013.766347     Document Type: Article

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