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Peer reviewedBrazer, Harvey E.; McCarty, Therese A. – Economics of Education Review, 1986
Municipal overburden hypothesizes a causal relationship between high levels of nonschool municipal expenditure (due to high population density, aged housing stock, and other demographic factors) and low school spending levels. This article disproves the hypothesis by estimating demand for education expenditures using a median voter model. Includes…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures
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
