State and local taxes for public education ; [Jesse Burkhead]

Includes index.

I. School finance in a fiscal system -- Economic choice -- Federalism and public education -- National finance - the institutional settings -- State and local finance - the institutional setting -- Norms for school taxes --- II. The property tax: character and burden -- The character of tax -- The burden of the property tax -- the incidence of property taxes --- III. The property tax: economic effects -- Resource allocation -- The distribution of taxable property --- IV. The property tax: elasticity -- The concept of elasticity -- New York state experience, 1949-1959 -- The determinants of elasticity -- Property tax behavior in other states -- Conclusion --- V. The property tax: adminsitrative patterns -- The forces for reform -- The possibilities for reform --- VI. State general funds and local nonproperty revenues -- State revenues -- Local nonproperty taxes --- VII. The outlook