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    • An Analysis of a Red-Light Camera Program in the City of Milwaukee 

      Regan, Molly; Moran, Christian; Kriz, Karyn (2006)
      Red-light running is the cause of approximately 1,340 crashes each year in the City of Milwaukee, resulting in an estimated societal cost of $131 million per year. This report analyzes whether implementing a red-light ...
    • An Analysis of Community Aids 

      Quinn, Maureen; Leavitt-Moy, Jennifer; Kraetsch, Martha; Hoang, Bai Linh (2006)
      In Wisconsin, counties hold the primary responsibility for providing public human services. This report examines Community Aids, one source of financial assistance for human services that the state provides to counties. ...
    • An Analysis of Food Safety in Wisconsin 

      Thomas, Colleene; Pascal, Lindsay B.; Marks, Joanna Young; Johnson, Keri L.; Hunter, Jonathan (2010)
      The authors identify two policies to decrease the incidence of food-borne illness and to enhance Wisconsin's food safety system. Their first proposal would mandate quality certification using standards and audits to reduce ...
    • An Analysis of the Proposal to Reduce Revenue Limits for Wisconsin School Districts 

      Reschovsky, Andrew (2011)
      If the Wisconsin governor's budget includes a mandated reduction of $500 per pupil in the sum of general aid received from the state and local property tax revenue, school districts would see an aggregate 7 percent reduction ...
    • Are Property Taxes Forcing the Elderly Out of their Homes? 

      Reschovsky, Andrew; Boldt, Rebecca; Caruth, Bradley (2010-08)
      This preliminary study finds that few of Wisconsin's elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases. Given that Wisconsin's property taxes are high compared to those in other states, ...
    • Assessing the Use of Econometric Analysis in Estimating the Costs of Meeting State Education Accountability Standards: Lessons from Texas 

      Imazeki, Jennifer; Reschovsky, Andrew (2005)
      This assessment examines two methodologies to determine whether school districts have sufficient funds to meet accountability standards in Texas. One of the methodologies found the funds to be insufficient, while the ...
    • Assessing Investment Advice Provided to Participants in Defined Contribution Retirement Plans 

      Weisman, Holden B.; Shields, Lillian; Quinn, Brian; Denney, Christopher J.; Bell, Brian (2010)
      Investment advice is increasingly important as more Americans enroll in defined contribution retirement plans and assume more responsibility for ensuring sufficient retirement income. This report offers the U.S. Government ...
    • Changes in Shared Revenue and the Effects on Wisconsin Taxpayers 

      Riggs, Brendon; Maguire, Kathryn; Klippel, Jennifer; Griffin, Jenna (2006)
      This paper analyzes the effects on Wisconsin taxpayers of the 1995 level-funding and 2001 per capita reductions to the Wisconsin Shared Revenue Program. The authors examine the impact these changes had on taxpayer equity ...
    • City of Milwaukee: The Collection of Municipal Fees 

      Berger, Melissa; Collins, Stephen; Fuchs, Patrick; Ley, Emily; Rosen, Lara (2011)
      This report evaluates Milwaukee?s system for collecting municipal fees to help the city address problems related to delayed payment. After examining the collection process across departments and fees, the study quantitatively ...
    • Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles for the City of Milwaukee's Department of Public Works: A Cost-Benefit Analysis 

      Cheng, Erika; Grigg, Lael; Jones, Erika; Smith, Adam (2011)
      This report estimates the fiscal and environmental costs and benefits associated with expanding the city of Milwaukee Department of Public Works? use of compressed natural gas garbage trucks. The cost-benefit model ...
    • A Critical Review of Property Tax Relief in Wisconsin: The School Levy Credit and the First Dollar Credit 

      Reschovsky, Andrew (2010-01)
      Wisconsin's school levy credit and first dollar credit are an expensive and highly inefficient means of providing property tax relief to Wisconsin taxpayers, this analysis suggests. In fact, they provide relatively little ...
    • Do Rising Property Taxes Lead the Elderly to Move from their Homes? 

      Reschovsky, Andrew; Caruth, Bradley; Boldt, Rebecca (2009-12)
      This preliminary study finds that few of Wisconsin's elderly homeowners are forced to move from their homes because of property tax increases. Given that Wisconsin's property taxes are high compared to those in other states, ...
    • Does No Child Left Behind Place a Fiscal Burden on States? Evidence from Texas 

      Imazeki, Jennifer; Reschovsky, Andrew (2005)
      The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires states to establish goals for all students and for groups of students characterized by race, ethnicity, poverty, disability and limited English proficiency. The ...
    • Enhancing the Feasibility of School Finance Reform 

      Reschovsky, Andrew; Langley, Adam (2009)
      This paper describes a simulation model designed to analyze school funding reform proposals in Wisconsin. It includes a parallel current law model and the capacity to show any proposal's aggregate budgetary and distributional ...
    • Exploring Milwaukee Public Library Partnership Opportunities 

      Dermody, Peter; Hurley, Sarah; Reynolds, Emily; Schuster, Ted; Vongrassamy, Soumary; Wedgewood, Monica (2011)
      This report examines the role that public and academic library partnerships can play in meeting the needs of Milwaukee Public Library?s existing patrons, as well as drawing in a more diverse population of users. Examples ...
    • Fiscal Conditions in Selected Metropolitan Areas 

      Chernick, Howard; Reschovsky, Andrew (2006)
      This paper presents the initial steps to better understand the current fiscal condition of local governments within metropolitan areas and to establish the extent to which fiscal disparities exist within a sample ...
    • Fiscal Rules Effectiveness and Outcomes for Sub-Central Governments 

      Rivas, Justin; Muller, J.P.; McGuire, Andrew; Halpern-Finnerty, Jessie; Broyles, Martin (2009)
      This project explores the effectiveness of sub-central government fiscal rules in producing their intended outcomes. The authors develop a set of regression-based models to test whether more stringent fiscal rules result ...
    • The Growth of Homeowner Property Taxes: Evidence from Wisconsin 

      Boldt, Rebecca; Caruth, Bradley; Reschovsky, Andrew (2009)
      The authors examine how Wisconsin homeowners' property tax liabilities and burdens change over time. They find that the amount paid and the economic hardship created vary widely among homeowners. Relative to income, some ...
    • How Large Is Wisconsin's Budget Gap for the 2011-13 Biennium? 

      Reschovsky, Andrew (2010-09)
      With adjustments to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau's July 2010 determination of Wisconsin's fiscal condition at the beginning of the upcoming biennium, the author estimates as much as a $3 billion structural fiscal deficit ...