Tuition Increases Geaux Away? Evidence from Voting on Louisiana’s Amendment 2

Joshua Hall and Serkan Karadas
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Serkan Karadas: Sewanee, Department of Economics

No 17-29, Working Papers from Department of Economics, West Virginia University

Abstract: In many states, public institutions of higher education have the autonomy to raise tuition. This has not been the case in Louisiana since a 1995 constitutional amendment required a two-thirds majority of the state legislature for any tuition increase. In November of 2016, voters in Louisiana rejected Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that would have given state institutions of higher education autonomy in setting tuition. We examine parish-level voting on Amendment 2 using an empirical political economy model and find that parishes with a greater percentage of African-Americans and university employees were more likely to vote yes. Student enrollment at public institutions seemingly did not play a role in Amendment 2 losing.

Keywords: Amendment 2; tuition increases (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2017-11
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