New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief No. 07-6
by Katharine Bradbury and Bo Zhao

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This policy brief summarizes a 2006 working paper by the Research Department at the Boston Fed and the Center: Measuring Disparities in Non-School Costs and Revenue Capacity among MassachusettsCities and Towns. The paper develops new measures of environmental costs and local revenue capacity as the basis for a new municipal aid formula in Massachusetts.