Do institutions of direct democracy tame the leviathan? : Swiss evidence on the structure of expenditure for public education

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The deleterious impact of institutions of direct legislation on student performance found in studies for both the U.S. and Switzerland has raised the question of what its transmission channels are. For the U.S., an increase in the ratio of administrative to instructional spending and larger class sizes were observed, supporting the hypothesis of a Leviathan-like school administration. For Switzerland, using a cross-sectional time-series panel of sub-federal school expenditure and size of classes, no such effect is detected. This finding is in line with previous analyses in which efficiency gains in the provision of public goods for Switzerland have been found.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 1628

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Educational Finance; Financial Aid ; Public Goods ; State and Local Budget and Expenditures
• Thema: direct democracy ; median voter ; bureaucracy ; public education ; Demokratie ; Median Voter ; Schule ; Schulfinanzierung ; Bürokratietheorie ; Public Choice ; Schätzung ; Schweiz

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Fischer, Justina A. V.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (wo): Munich
• (wann): 2005

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19092
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ