THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FISCAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE GREAT RECESSION: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Christian Buerger, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis; Michelle L. Lofton, University of Georgia

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Project Citation: 

Buerger, Christian , and Lofton, Michelle L. THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN FISCAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE GREAT RECESSION: EVIDENCE FROM U.S. SCHOOL DISTRICTS. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-06-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192374V1

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Summary:  View help for Summary Recessions may disproportionally impact school districts, especially with established fiscal institutions and policies including balanced budget requirements, tax and expenditure limitations, and school finance reforms. Analyzing the Great Recession and school districts in the United States between 2003 and 2016, we estimate difference-in-differences models leveraging variation in state recession severity to evaluate revenue and expenditure impacts as well as measure differential recession effects for districts exposed to and not exposed to fiscal institutions and policies. While revenues and expenditures increased relative to pre-recession levels in all districts, increases are much larger in school districts with less severe than more severe recessions. Balance budget requirements exacerbate recession effects for low-income districts and local tax and expenditure limitations intensify recession effects for high-income districts. School finance reforms worsen recession effects for all districts. Our findings can aid districts in understanding potential recessionary impacts given their prior established fiscal policies and institutions.  



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