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The Fungibility of Sin Taxes: An Economic Analysis of the Effect on Our K-12 Public School System

Hollinger, Michelle Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ma1431083284

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2015, Undergraduate Honors Program, Malone University, Honors Thesis.
This Honors Thesis project explores the fungibility of sin tax revenues in relation to K-12 public schools. Comparing Ohio and Colorado's revenues from nontraditional approaches (i.e. marijuana, casinos, and lottery revenues), I researched the reality and sustainability of these funding sources and the level to which they are receiving promised funds. This project evaluates if traditional funding reductions have occurred due to the addition of these nontraditional revenue streams. Also, an assessment is made of the moral implications brought forth through these nontraditional revenue streams educating the United States’ K-12 students. My three primary conclusions were as follows: 1) even though every state does not actively move around funds, sin tax revenues are highly fungible; 2) while sin tax revenues may be a quick-fix funding initiative, they are not sustainable for long-term funding; 3) and funding K-12 public schools through sin tax revenues raises a number of moral issues, specifically the issue of teaching our children to not do the very activities that are helping fund their education.
Julia Frankland, Dr. (Advisor)
Elizabeth Postlewaite (Committee Member)
Scott Waalkes, Dr. (Committee Member)
Susan Wechter, Dr. (Committee Member)
58 p.
Economics; Education Finance; Finance; School Finance; Sustainability
fungibility; sin taxes; K-12; public school; public education; marijuana; casinos; lottery; revenues; Ohio; Colorado; sustainability

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  • Hollinger, M. L. (2015). The Fungibility of Sin Taxes: An Economic Analysis of the Effect on Our K-12 Public School System [Undergraduate thesis, Malone University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ma1431083284

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hollinger, Michelle. The Fungibility of Sin Taxes: An Economic Analysis of the Effect on Our K-12 Public School System. 2015. Malone University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ma1431083284.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hollinger, Michelle. "The Fungibility of Sin Taxes: An Economic Analysis of the Effect on Our K-12 Public School System." Undergraduate thesis, Malone University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ma1431083284

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This open access ETD is published by Malone University Undergraduate Honors Program and OhioLINK.