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ERIC Number: EJ323720
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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On Subsidizing Education with Block Grants.
Melck, Antony
Economics of Education Review, v4 n3 p253-59 1985
Defines the block grant concept and outlines the consequences of the financial freedom offered by block grants from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. Considers effects on institutional autonomy and economic efficiency. Recommends combining marginal cost pricing with formula-matching block grants to support decentralized education. (PGD)
Descriptors: Block Grants, Categorical Aid, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Autonomy, Postsecondary Education, School Support
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Federal Block Grants to Education.