THIS STUDY DEVELOPED AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL SPILLOVERS, HAND-IN-HAND WITH A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE CONCEPTS OF COSTS AND BENEFITS ARISING FROM PUBLIC SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION. EMPHASIS WAS ON WAYS IN WHICH SPILLOVERS MAY AFFECT LOCAL DECISION-MAKING. ABSTRACT CONCEPTS WERE DEVELOPED AND APPLIED TO…

A study analyzed the component parts of existing formulae to distribute federal vocational monies to secondary level programs in Missouri. Among the areas examined were the relative weight of the factors influencing distribution of funds and the extent to which each factor contributes to the final array depicting the total distribution of federal…

This study evaluates the tax burden changes that occur as two local service functions, welfare and education, are shifted to State government financing. An analysis of alternative methods of such financing is undertaken, and the effects of these methods on the residents of the two central cities of Kansas City standard metropolitan statistical…