In the past two decades, litigation in many U.S. states has triggered educational reform movements designed to reduce the inequalities in educational expenditures across school districts. This paper uses a panel data set across all the states from 1970-1990 to examine the role of litigation and...

The United States has traditionally financed elementary and secondary education through property taxation. In the past two decades, litigation in many states has triggered educational reform movements designed to reduce the inequalities in educational expenditures across districts inherent in a...