Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82849 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2000:12
Publisher: 
Uppsala University, Department of Economics, Uppsala
Abstract: 
In this paper we investigate the demand for local public school expenditures in Sweden. By using survey data, a method previously never applied to Swedish data, the paper provides an additional piece of evidence on individual demand for publicly provided local services. Estimating a linear demand specification, we find that the demand is inelastic with respect to income and tax, much in line with previous Swedish findings in a median voter framework. Estimation of a log-linear demand specification indicates more elastic demand. Testing the hypothesis that municipal employees tend to have a higher demand for public spending than others, we conclude that income, as well as taxprice, enters the demand function differently for the two groups of employees. We find no evidence of Tiebout sorting.
Subjects: 
Demand for local public school expenditure
survey data
public employees
JEL: 
C25
H40
H72
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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