Develops a model of the political determination of public education quality which is used to examine the implications of introducing tuition tax credits. Considers the implications of varying degrees of agenda control by public education bureaucrats.

This note examines the relationship between public expenditure growth and tax base elasticity in the context of the median voter model. If the revenue elasticity of the tax base and the median voter's income elasticity of demand for public services are not identical, the automatic increase in...

This article presents a simple model of majority voting on tax shares in which Abstract voters perceive the tax structure to be chosen as a permanent institution under which each voter's tax burden will be determined throughout his or her lifetime. Young voters view the choice of tax structure...