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Congressional control of state taxation : evidence and lessons for federalism theory / Brian Gale -- Harmonisation of private law in Europe / Michael Faure -- Lessons in fiscal federalism from American Indian nations / Terry L. Anderson and Dominic P. Parker -- Do profits promote pollution? The myth of the environmental race to the bottom / Robert K. Fleck and F. Andrew Hanssen -- Uncontrolled experiments from the laboratories of democracy : traditional cash welfare, federalism, and welfare reform / Jonah B. Gelbach -- Medicaid / Marianne P. Bitler and Madeline Zavodny -- Entrepreneurial creative destruction and legal federalism / John A. Dove and Russell S. Sobel -- Federalism and the rise of state consumer protection law in the United States / Joshua D. Wright

For the past three decades it has been evident that the quality of public schools in the United States has been on the decline. Whether measured empirically against the systems of other countries or judged anecdotally by employers who believe today's high school graduates do not have the skills requisite for even entry-level work, it becomes clear there is something wrong with the current public school system. The education establishment claims the problem is a lack of funding, while many tax payer groups claim more money is not the answer. This study uses data from each of Pennsylvania's 501 school districts to look at the relationship between funding and achievement while controlling for the economic background of each school's student population, as well as other organizational characteristics.

Assesses various studies citing evidence of harmful racial discrimination in health care provision. Findings not considered by the Instit of Medicine panel's influential Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care (2002) indicate that race-related variables, eg, geography & socioeconomic status, help explain the treatment gap. It is contended that without adequate controls for such variables, distinguishing care patterns correlated with race from those that are directly due to race is not possible. It is contended that when researchers employ designs that control for more third factors, the magnitude of any race effect shrinks considerably, if it does not disappear altogether. Tables, Figures. Adapted from the source document.