Thomas A. Downes

1.3k total citations
27 papers, 771 citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Downes is a scholar working on Education, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Downes has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 771 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Education, 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Downes's work include School Choice and Performance (18 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (12 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (9 papers). Thomas A. Downes is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (18 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (12 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (9 papers). Thomas A. Downes collaborates with scholars based in United States and India. Thomas A. Downes's co-authors include Jeffrey Zabel, Thomas F. Pogue, Shane M. Greenstein, David Figlio, Richard F. Dye, Therese J. McGuire, Pauline Gibbons, Margaret H. Vickers, Mia Kim Williams and Thomas McGuire and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, The RAND Journal of Economics and Journal of Urban Economics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Downes

26 papers receiving 637 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas A. Downes United States	11	486	412	222	167	98	27	771
Thomas A. Husted United States	12	323 0.7×	152 0.4×	264 1.2×	187 1.1×	34 0.3×	30	628
Thomas T. Holyoke United States	12	71 0.1×	314 0.8×	290 1.3×	285 1.7×	18 0.2×	49	759
Mark Carl Rom United States	9	182 0.4×	68 0.2×	326 1.5×	109 0.7×	22 0.2×	28	519
Robert Whaples United States	14	277 0.6×	36 0.1×	93 0.4×	136 0.8×	34 0.3×	49	538
Latika Chaudhary United States	14	215 0.4×	135 0.3×	87 0.4×	211 1.3×	51 0.5×	40	527
Sarah F. Anzia United States	16	212 0.4×	74 0.2×	689 3.1×	209 1.3×	55 0.6×	32	988
Gabrielle Fack France	10	362 0.7×	164 0.4×	40 0.2×	176 1.1×	127 1.3×	17	545
Wolfram F. Richter Germany	15	517 1.1×	29 0.1×	131 0.6×	79 0.5×	203 2.1×	69	656
William H. Hubbard United States	14	272 0.6×	28 0.1×	88 0.4×	115 0.7×	54 0.6×	43	468
John Bishop United States	9	319 0.7×	176 0.4×	23 0.1×	111 0.7×	14 0.1×	19	499

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20 of 20 papers shown

Downes, Thomas A.. (2020). AEFP in a Time of Upheaval. Education Finance and Policy. 16(1). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

Downes, Thomas A., et al.. (2019). Why has growth of user fees and other nontraditional sources of local education revenues been so limited? Evidence from Colorado. Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting & Financial Management. 32(1). 26–48.

Downes, Thomas A., et al.. (2013). Introduction to the Policy Brief Special Issue. Education Finance and Policy. 8(3). 271–274. 2 indexed citations

Brown, Drusilla K., et al.. (2009). Human Resource Management Technology Diffusion through Global Supply Chains: Buyer-directed Factory-based Health Care in India. World Development. 37(9). 1484–1493. 2 indexed citations

Downes, Thomas A., et al.. (2006). The Effect of School Finance Reforms on the Level and Growth of Per-Pupil Expenditures. Peabody Journal of Education. 81(3). 1–38. 16 indexed citations

Cohn, Elchanan, et al.. (2006). Economics of Education. 1 indexed citations

Downes, Thomas A.. (2004). What Is Adequate? Operationalizing the Concept of Adequacy for New York. 8 indexed citations

Louis, Thomas A., et al.. (2003). Statistical Issues in Allocating Funds by Formula: Panel on Formula Allocations. 5 indexed citations

Downes, Thomas A.. (2002). Do state governments matter?: a review of the evidence on the impact on educational outcomes of the changing role of the states in the financing of public education. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 47. 143–180. 1 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A. & David Figlio. (1999). Economic Inequality and the Provision of Schooling. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5(3). 99–110. 1 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A. & David Figlio. (1999). Do Tax and Expenditure Limits Provide a Free Lunch? Evidence on the Link Between Limits and Public Sector Service Quality. National Tax Journal. 52(1). 113–128. 44 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A., et al.. (1998). School Finance Reform and Private School Enrollment: Evidence from California. Journal of Urban Economics. 43(3). 418–443. 36 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A. & Shane M. Greenstein. (1998). Understanding the Supply Decisions of Nonprofits: Modeling the Location of Private Schools. 8 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A. & Shane M. Greenstein. (1996). Understanding the Supply Decisions of Nonprofits: Modelling the Location of Private Schools. The RAND Journal of Economics. 27(2). 365–365. 57 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A.. (1996). Do Differences in Heterogeneity and Intergovernmental Competition Help Explain Variation in the Private School Share? Evidence From Early California Statehood. Public Finance Quarterly. 24(3). 291–318. 6 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A.. (1996). An examination of the structure of governance in California school districts before and after Proposition 13. Public Choice. 86(3-4). 279–307. 15 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A., et al.. (1995). An Analysis of the Effect of Chicago School Reform on Student Performance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 19(3). 13–35. 7 indexed citations

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McGuire, Thomas & Thomas A. Downes. (1994). Alternative Solutions to Illlinois' School Finance Dilemma: A Policy Brief. 6. 5 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A. & Thomas F. Pogue. (1994). ADJUSTING SCHOOL AID FORMULAS FOR THE HIGHER COST OF EDUCATING DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. National Tax Journal. 47(1). 89–110. 108 indexed citations

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Downes, Thomas A.. (1992). EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL FINANCE REFORM ON THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: THE CALIFORNIA CASE. National Tax Journal. 45(4). 405–419. 91 indexed citations

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