Research

Publications 

Min, S. & Buerger, C. Playing politics with traffic fines: Sheriff elections and political cycles in traffic fines revenue. (2024). American Journal of Political Science. (forthcoming).

Afonso, W. B., Combs, A. & Buerger, C. (2023). Plugging the Tax Leak: An Analysis of North Carolina’s Local Sales Tax Redistribution Policy. State and Local Government Review. 56 (1). 76-90.    

Selection: Chosen by ASPA for the virtual issue of SLGR with free access throughout 2024.

Buerger, C. & Lofton, M. L. (2023). The Interplay Between Fiscal Institutions and the Great Recession: Evidence From US School Districts. AERA Open 9 (1). 1-22. (appendix)

Buerger, C., Lincove, J. A., & Mata, C.* (2023). How context shapes the relationship between school autonomy and test-scores. An explanatory analysis using PISA 2015. International Journal of Educational Development. (forthcoming)

Buerger, C., & Reitano, V. (2023). State Fiscal Reserves and the Great Recession. International Journal of Public Administration, International Journal of Public      Administration, 46 (13), 926-938. (appendix)

Buerger, C., Reitano, V. & Sorrentino, C.* (2021). State Fiscal Reserves: Supplementation and Substitution over Economic Boom and Bust Years. Public Budgeting & Finance, forthcoming. (appendix)

Buerger, C., Sandel, R. M.*, Reitano, V., Lofton, M. L., & Jones, P. (2021). Extending Differences-in-Differences Frameworks to Granger Equations: Evidence from 

Cutback Management during three Recessions. International Journal of Public Sector Management, forthcoming. (appendix)

Buerger, C., Lee S. H.* &, Singleton J. (2021). Test-Based Accountability and the Effectiveness of School Finance Reforms. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111: 455-59. (appendix)

Covered by: Fordham Institute

Buerger, C. (2020). The Effect of Economic Downturns on State Budgets: A Counterfactual Analysis of the Great Recession, Applied Economics Letters, p. 1-8 . (appendix)

Jones, P., Reitano, V. & Buerger, C. (2020). Fiscal Shocks, Budgetary Pressures, and Public Education Expenditure Stabilization, International Journal of Public Administration, p. 1- 10. 

Buerger, C., & Harris, D. N. (2020). The Impact of Government Contracting Out on Spending: The Case of Public Education in New Orleans. The American Review of Public Administration, 51(2), p. 139-154. (appendix)

   Covered in: Washington Times, Hetchinger Report, The New Orleans Advocate, The Times-Picayune

Buerger, C. (2020). The Influence of Finance Policies on Charter School Supply Decisions in Five States. Public Budgeting & Finance,40(2), p. 44-74.

Award: 2021 Jesse Burkhead Award for the best article in Volume 40 of Public Budgeting & Finance 

Buerger, C. & Bifulco, R. (2019). The Effect of Charter Schools on District Efficiency: The Case of New York State. Economics of Education Review. 69, 61-72.

       Covered in:  University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education podcast on youtube

Bifulco, R., & Buerger, C. (2015). The Influence of Finance and Accountability Policies on Location of New York State Charter Schools. Journal of Education Finance, 40(3), 193-221.

Buerger, C., & Harris, D. (2015). How Can Decentralized Systems Solve System-Level Problems? An Analysis of Market-Driven New Orleans School Reforms. American Behavioral Scientist, 59(10), 1246-1262.

Perry, A., Harris, D., Buerger, C. & Mack, V. (2015). The Transformation of New Orleans Public Schools: Addressing System-Level Problems without a System. The New Orleans Index at Ten. The Data Center - Brookings.

Bifulco, R., & Buerger, C. (2015). Revenue Volatility in New York State School Districts: Challenges and Responses. Local Government Budget Stabilization, Hou, Y. (ed.). Springer International Publishing.

Bifulco, R., Buerger, C., & Cobb, C. (2012). Intergroup Relations in Integrated Schools: A Glimpse Inside Interdistrict Magnet Schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 20(28), 1-28.

* indicates master or undergraduate level student