Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis

• In Event: Regulation in the American States

Brief Overview

-We estimate effects with OLS, geographic regression discontinuities, and 2SLS.
-Mechanisms: we estimate effect of local financing on the allocation of resources among instructional and other services and effects of inter-district competition.

Authors

• Carlos X Lastra-Anadon, IE University

• Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University