This study introduces a methodology for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of alternative management tools in public institutions with an application to public education. The shift towards performance budgeting and outcome measures for public-sector institutions in recent decades creates a need...

This study examines the influence of taxpayer balloting on budget levels and its relationship with standardized test results in New Jersey school districts. The relation between efficiency, effectiveness, and budget voting outcomes is analyzed over a ten-year sample period. Cost and production...

We theorized that student test score performance will be positively related to the percentage of school district revenues raised from local taxes and with salary levels of school district administrators. Using both fixed and random effects panel analyses, we examine data for 217...

In this study we theorize that student achievement varies cross-sectionally with the percentage of school district revenues raised from local taxes and with salary levels of school district administrators (Superintendents and Principals). This theory is tested using a sample of 218 Kindergarten...