Institutional Arrangements for Public Library Funding and Spending
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11674074 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Ebdon (University of Nebraska at Omaha, corresponding author), Ji Hyung Park (0000-0002-7595-4066, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, USA), Aimee L Franklin (0000-0003-0147-3857, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA), Jonathan D Moore (0000-0001-7288-9804, University of Oklahoma), Jonathan Moore (The University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 532-544 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Review of Public Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-0740 • E-ISSN: 1552-3357 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0275074018785449 |
| OpenAlex | W2810991045 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Wide variation in institutional structure and funding patterns in public libraries make this government function useful for exploring the effect of these differences on expenditures. Based on literature related to willingness to pay, special districts, and fiscal illusion, we hypothesize that libraries with taxing authority and more revenues from nonlocal sources will have higher levels of spending. We use data from an Annual Public Library Survey, and U.S. Census data, in ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions for 2007 and 2010. We find that taxing authority leads to increased spending, as expected. However, the results of funding sources are contrary to expectations; relative reliance on nonlocal sources is generally associated with lower levels of spending. This may be due to “crowding-out” of local sources, and there may also be some effect from reduced state aid following the Great Recession
Census · Crowding out · Econometrics · Economics · Government (linguistics · Government spending · Great recession · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Monetary economics · Ordinary least squares · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Public funding · Public spending · Recession · Revenue · Sociology · Survey data collection · Welfare · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Housing Market and Economics · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Finance
Tax and Expenditure Limitations and State and Local Fiscal Structure
Fiscal Illusion, Political Institutions, and Local Public Spending
The Social Stratification-Government Inequality Thesis Explored
Income and grant effects on local expenditure
The Social Environment and Medicaid Expenditures
A Question of Genesis
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |