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Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail?

Ronald G. Ehrenberg
ILR-Cornell University; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Randy A. Ehrenberg
North Colonie Central Schools

Christopher L. Smith
ILR-Cornell University

Liang Zhang
Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations


March 2004

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1053

Abstract:     
Our paper analyzes historical data for New York State on the percentage of school board budget proposals that are defeated each year and panel data that we collected for individual school districts in the state. We find that changes in state aid have little impact on budget vote success. Defeating a budget in one year increases the likelihood that the voters will defeat a budget in the next year. Finally, districts have a larger probability of having their budget proposals defeated when their school board members have longer terms.

Keywords: school budget votes

JEL Classifications: I22, H71

Working Paper Series

Date posted: April 09, 2004 ; Last revised: September 02, 2004

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Ehrenberg, Ronald G., Ehrenberg, Randy A., Smith, Christopher L. and Zhang, Liang, Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail? (March 2004). IZA Discussion Paper No. 1053. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=522363


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Ronald G. Ehrenberg (Contact Author)
ILR-Cornell University ( email )
Higher Education Research Institute
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
United States
607-255-3026 (Phone)
607-255-4496 (Fax)
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
P.O. Box 7240
D-53072 Bonn Germany
Randy A. Ehrenberg
North Colonie Central Schools
Latham, NY 12110
United States
Christopher L. Smith
ILR-Cornell University ( email )
CHERI
Ithaca, NY 14853
United States
Liang Zhang
Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations ( email )
Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
United States
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