Refereed Publications

Combs, A., & Afonso, W. Dollars, Desks, and Development: The Impact of Local Sales Tax Revenue Redistribution on Recipient Programs in North Carolina. National Tax Journal, forthcoming.

Afonso, W., Combs, A., & Buerger, C. (2024). Plugging the Tax Leak: An Analysis of North Carolina’s Local Sales Tax Redistribution Policy. State and Local Government Review, 56(1), 76-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X231215057

Combs, A. (2023). High School Student Achievement and College Enrollment in the Absence of School Improvement Interventions: Evidence from Kentucky. Public Finance and Management, 22(1). https://doi.org/37.808/pfm.22.1.4

Combs, A., & Foster, J. (2021). The Effects of Homestead Exemptions for Seniors and Disabled People on School Districts. AERA Open in special issue on Rural Education Finance and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2332858420988712

Combs, A., Foster, J., & Toma E.F. (2018). Local Response to School Finance Equalization: Wealth or Place? Public Finance and Management, 18(3). https://doi.org/10.1177/152397211801800301


Working Papers

Troland, E., Combs, A., & Foster, J. The Role of Property Assessment Oversight in School Finance Inequality.Revise & Resubmit at National Tax Journal

Combs, A., & Kim, S. Constraints and Contributions: The Effects of Tax Limits on Education-Supporting Nonprofit Revenue. Under Review

Combs, A. State Subsidy Mix and Postsecondary Institution Spending: Driving a Diver- gence in Education Quality and Amenities. Under Review

Combs, A. The Effect of Distance on Persistence and Degree Completion for Students Attending In-State Public Institutions. Under Review

Combs, A. Fiscal Illusion Under the Cover of Property Tax Limits: School District Rev- enue Responses to a Reordering of Tax Levy Options.

Afonso, W., & Combs, A. Equity in Local Option Tax Policy: Rethinking What is Fair.

Combs, A. Does Money Source Matter? The Impact of Sales Tax Revenue Redistribution on School Spending and Student Achievement.


Other

Combs, A., “STATE SUBSIDY COMPOSITION IN HIGHER EDUCATION: POLICY AND IMPACTS” (2018). Theses and Dissertations–Public Policy and Administration. 29. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/msppa_etds/29

Combs, A., “Does Kentucky’s Merit-based Scholarship Program, KEES, Improve College Completion?” (2014). MPA/MPP Capstone Projects. 219. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/mpampp_etds/219