dramatic changes in the structure of K-12 education spending in U.S. history. We analyze the effects of these reforms on the … level and distribution of school district spending, as well as their effects on subsequent educational and economic outcomes … school district data on per-pupil spending that spans 1967-2010, we present an event-study analysis of the effects of …

effects of desegregation on public and private enrollment and the system of school finance for Louisiana. I show that the …

as "no deficit carryover" rules and tax and expenditure limitations, appear to have real effects on the speed and nature …

We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find … muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while … onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP composition. However, oil abundance causes municipal revenues and reported …

correlated with omitted variables leading to a downward bias in estimates of income's effects and an upward bias in estimates of … aid's effects. Third, it's a specification problem: the representative citizen either fails to observe lump-sum aid, or … sees aid but mis-perceives its impact as an average price effect, or finally, sees and understands aid's budgetary effects …

identification strategies: fixed-effects regression, standard regression discontinuity design, and an augmented regression …