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Working Papers

2016

1. Why have revenue-strapped New England school districts been slow to turn to alternative funding sources?
   Current Policy Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

2014

2. So Slow to Change: The Limited Growth of Non-Tax Revenues in Public Education Finance, 1991-2010
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article So Slow to Change: The Limited Growth of Nontax Revenues in Public Education Finance, 1991–2010, Education Finance and Policy, MIT Press (2014) View citations (2) (2014)

2006

3. Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion Through Global Supply Chains: Productivity and Workplace Based Health Care
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)
4. Understanding Why Universal Service Obligations May Be Unnecessary: The Private Development of Local Internet Access Markets
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)
   Also in Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2005) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary: The private development of local Internet access markets, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (13) (2007)

2003

5. School Finance Reform and School Quality: Lessons from Vermont
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)

2000

6. Universal Access and Local Commercial Internet Markets
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (6)

1998

7. School Finance Reforms, Tax Limits, and Student Performance: Do Reforms Level-Up or Dumb Down?
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (26)
   Also in Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers, University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty View citations (25)

1997

8. The Impact of School Quality on House Prices: Chicago 1987-1991
   Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University, Department of Economics, Tufts University View citations (2)

Journal Articles

2019

1. Why has growth of user fees and other nontraditional sources of local education revenues been so limited? Evidence from Colorado
   Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 2019, 32, (1), 26-48

2014

2. So Slow to Change: The Limited Growth of Nontax Revenues in Public Education Finance, 1991–2010
   Education Finance and Policy, 2014, 9, (4), 567-599 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper So Slow to Change: The Limited Growth of Non-Tax Revenues in Public Education Finance, 1991-2010, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2009

3. Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion through Global Supply Chains: Buyer-directed Factory-based Health Care in India
   World Development, 2009, 37, (9), 1484-1493

2007

4. Understanding why universal service obligations may be unnecessary: The private development of local Internet access markets
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2007, 62, (1), 2-26 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Understanding Why Universal Service Obligations May Be Unnecessary: The Private Development of Local Internet Access Markets, Discussion Papers Series, Department of Economics, Tufts University (2006) View citations (2) (2006)

2002

5. Do state governments matter?: a review of the evidence on the impact on educational outcomes of the changing role of the states in the financing of public education
   Conference Series ; [Proceedings], 2002, 47, (Jun), 143-180
6. Entry into the Schooling Market: How Is the Behaviour of Private Suppliers Influenced by Public Sector Decisions?
   Bulletin of Economic Research, 2002, 54, (4), 341-71 View citations (8)
7. The impact of school characteristics on house prices: Chicago 1987-1991
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2002, 52, (1), 1-25 View citations (104)
8. Universal access and local internet markets in the US
   Research Policy, 2002, 31, (7), 1035-1052 View citations (23)

2000

9. Does fiscal dependency matter? Aid elasticities for dependent and independent school districts
   Economics of Education Review, 2000, 19, (4), 417-429 View citations (1)

1999

10. Do Tax and Expenditure Limits Provide a Free Lunch? Evidence on the Link Between Limits and Public Sector Service Quality
    National Tax Journal, 1999, 52, (1), 113-28 View citations (20)
11. Economic inequality and the provision of schooling
    Economic Policy Review, 1999, 5, (Sep), 99-110 View citations (4)

1998

12. Do Limits Matter? Evidence on the Effects of Tax Limitations on Student Performance
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (3), 401-417 View citations (33)
13. School Finance Reform and Private School Enrollment: Evidence from California
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1998, 43, (3), 418-443 View citations (27)

1996

14. An Examination of the Structure of Governance in California School Districts before and after Proposition 13
    Public Choice, 1996, 86, (3-4), 279-307 View citations (11)
15. Do Differences in Heterogeneity and Intergovernmental Competition Help Explain Variation in the Private School Share? Evidence From Early California Statehood
    Public Finance Review, 1996, 24, (3), 291-318 View citations (4)
16. Understanding the Supply Decisions of Nonprofits: Modelling the Location of Private Schools
    RAND Journal of Economics, 1996, 27, (2), 365-390 View citations (46)

1995

17. An analysis of the effect of Chicago school reform on student performance
    Economic Perspectives, 1995, 19, (May), 13-35 View citations (6)

1994

18. Adjusting School Aid Formulas for the Higher Cost of Educating Disadvantaged Students
    National Tax Journal, 1994, 47, (1), 89-110 View citations (50)

1992

19. Evaluating the Impact of School Finance Reform on the Provision of Public Education: The California Case
    National Tax Journal, 1992, 45, (4), 405-19 View citations (61)
20. Intergovernmental Aid To Reduce Fiscal Disparities: Problems of Definition and Measurement
    Public Finance Review, 1992, 20, (4), 468-482 View citations (5)

Editor

1. Education Finance and Policy
   MIT Press