Browsing by Author "Reschovsky, Andrew"
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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 ... -
Consequences of Constitutional Revenue and Spending Limits
Reschovsky, Andrew (2005-01-19) -
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 ... -
The Impact of State Government Fiscal Crises on Local Governments and Schools
Reschovsky, Andrew (2004)This paper discusses budgetary problems facing state governments, and explores the relationship between state government fiscal conditions and potential impacts on municipal governments and school districts. It ... -
The Impact of the Great Recession and the Housing Crisis on the Financing of America's Largest Cities
Reschovsky, Andrew; Chernick, Howard; Langley, Adam (2011-04) -
Improving Free Basic Water Provision in South Africa
Park, Minhye; Hinds, Thomas; Davison, Joseph; Cibulka, Jeramia; Calfucoy, Paulina (2009)Access to a basic level of clean water is guaranteed as a right in South Africa's Constitution, and municipalities are responsible for delivering this service. This report examines how well three muncipalities deliver water ... -
The Legacy of Rodriguez: Three Decades of School Finance Reform in Texas
Reschovsky, Andrew; Imazeki, Jennifer (2006)This paper explores the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Rodriquez ruling that said Texas's heavy reliance on the local property tax to fund public education did not violate the equal protection clause ... -
Lost in the Balance: How State Policies Affect the Fiscal Health of Cities
Chernick, Howard; Reschovsky, Andrew (2001)Fiscal problems in central cities, disparities with suburbs and how state governments cope are addressed in this examination of intergovernmental aid in California, New York and Wisconsin. The authors offer recommendations ... -
Property Tax Responses to State Aid Cuts in the Recent Fiscal Crisis
Dye, Richard F.; Reschovsky, Andrew (2007)The paper examines whether states increased property taxes between 2002 and 2004 in order to maintain the level of public services in light of large cuts in state intergovernmental grants resulting from state fiscal crises. -
Resource Disputes in South Asia: Water Scarcity and the Potential for Interstate Conflict
Patz, Alison; Lang, Katharine; King, Justin; Hillmann, Patrick; Condon, Emma (2009)This report explores the role of water shortages related to transboundary rivers in interstate disputes in South Asia. The report analyzes the history and status of disputes, looking at the relationships between India and ...