The Influence of Finance Policies on Charter School Supply Decisions in Five States |
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Authors: | Christian Buerger |
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Institution: | Christian Buerger, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indiana, IN, 801 W. Michigan Street, BS 4168, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States. He can be reached at cbuerge@iupui.edu. |
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Abstract: | This paper tests if charter school finance policies influence charter school location. I create a theoretical framework describing the location incentives created by charter school finance provisions and test their relevance empirically by applying a two-step approach consisting of negative binomial models and Wald tests. Using data from New York, North Carolina, Florida, Michigan, and Ohio, I provide evidence that states’ finance provisions are an important policy lever impacting charter school location. Several robustness checks corroborate the initial results. |
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Keywords: | education finance state financial policies charter schools school choice |
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