TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Ehrenberg, Ronald G.
AU  - Ehrenberg, Randy A.
AU  - Smith, Christopher L.
AU  - Zhang, Liang
        TI  - Why Do School District Budget Referenda Fail?
        PY  - 2004/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1053
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1053
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - school budget votes
        ER  -