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Peer reviewedBrazer, Harvey E.; McCarty, Therese A. – Journal of Law and Education, 1989
The "municipal overburden" argument alleges that cities lack adequate funding for their schools because they are unable to levy high enough tax rates. Examines support for the hypothesis held by jurists and legal commentators and then inquires why economists commonly find that position unacceptable. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
