THE EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL SCHOOL FINANCE.

This article focuses on the federal aid to education. The most prevalent arguments for increased state and federal aid to education are concerned with equity criteria. Relatively little has been written or discussed concerning the efficiency aspects of aid to education. This paper uses a median vote...

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Publicado en:Review of Economics & Statistics Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 255 - 259
Autores principales: Akin, John S., Young Day, Douglas J.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: MIT Press May76
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        Industrial efficiency
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        Demand function
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