If an Educational Voucher System Were Adopted Where Parents Could

question 43

Multiple Choice

If an educational voucher system were adopted where parents could spend their share of education tax dollars at any school of their choice, then we could expect families to

• A)choose less education than before because the public schools would get better.
• B)choose more education because they do not need to pay double for private education.
• C)make no changes in their education choices because the relative price of private and public education has not changed.
• D)make choices that cannot be predicted by economic theory.

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