Strategic Interaction among Public School Districts: Evidence on Spatial Interdependence in School Inputs

Autor/in	Ghosh, Soma
Titel	Strategic Interaction among Public School Districts: Evidence on Spatial Interdependence in School Inputs
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 3, S.440-450 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2009.10.001
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; School Districts; Interaction; Open Enrollment; Competition; Educational Finance; Correlation; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Interaktion; Open entry; Offenes Bildungssystem; Wettkampf; Bildungsfonds; Korrelation; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This paper provides evidence on strategic interaction among public school districts in Massachusetts. The open enrollment program in Massachusetts is unique in testing the strategic competition thesis because it allows students to attend public schools located outside their home district. For each student who transfers out, funds are deducted from the sending district's local aid distribution and added to the receiving district's local aid. Thus, school districts no longer have the assurance of a ready supply of students and funding, instead they have to compete with neighboring districts, and enact strategies that will help retain as well as attract more students. A spatial econometric framework is applied to disentangle the correlation due to strategic interaction from the one that is simply due to spatially correlated error shocks. The results show that public school districts respond positively to the expenditure decisions of neighboring districts, thereby acting strategically when setting their own spending levels. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10