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Support for Earmarked Public Spending on Culture: Evidence from a Referendum in Metropolitan Detroit
Author(s) -
RUSHTON MICHAEL
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5850.2005.00374.x
Subject(s) - referendum , metropolitan area , voting , precinct , census , public opinion , estimation , political science , survey data collection , public economics , public administration , demographic economics , economics , geography , sociology , demography , law , politics , population , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , management
Using the precinct‐level voting results of a 2002 referendum in Metropolitan Detroit to increase property taxes, with the proceeds earmarked for cultural institutions, this paper inquires into the pattern of voting support for an increased public funding of culture. The estimation matches voting precincts to census tracts, and employs tract‐level economic and demographic data. Results are compared with public opinion survey data from the United States and a similar referendum in Switzerland.