power from landowners to industrialists at local town meetings, affected investments in local public education. We use an … also economically substantial. For example, per capita spending on education increased by approximately 37% within 6 years …

Economic theory advances various arguments in favor of and against privatizing education. In this paper we investigate …,000 voters in two Swiss cantons expressed their opinions on the issue of education vouchers and direct subsidies to private … schools. We find that successful attempts to move towards a more privatized education system rest mainly on pure income …

Economic theory advances various arguments in favor of and against privatizing education. In this paper we investigate …,000 voters in two Swiss cantons expressed their opinions on the issue of education vouchers and direct subsidies to private … schools. We find that successful attempts to move towards a more privatized education system rest mainly on pure income …