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Making Sense Of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives To Promote Prosperity, Timothy J. Bartik
Making Sense Of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives To Promote Prosperity, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
In evaluating incentives, everything depends on the details: how much in incentives it takes to truly cause a firm to locate or expand, the multiplier effects, the effects of jobs on employment rates, how jobs affect tax revenue versus public spending needs. Do benefits of incentives exceed costs? This depends on the details. This book is about those details. What magnitudes of incentive effects are plausible? How do benefits and costs vary with incentive designs? What advice can be given to evaluators? What is an ideal incentive policy? Answering these questions about incentives depends on a model of incentive effects, …
What Works To Help Manufacturing-Intensive Local Economies?, Timothy J. Bartik
What Works To Help Manufacturing-Intensive Local Economies?, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Discussion [Of The Effects Of State And Local Public Services On Economic Development By Ronald C. Fisher], Timothy Bartik
Discussion [Of The Effects Of State And Local Public Services On Economic Development By Ronald C. Fisher], Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Boon Or Boondoggle? The Debate Over State And Local Economic Development Policies, Timothy Bartik
Boon Or Boondoggle? The Debate Over State And Local Economic Development Policies, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
The Roles Of Tax Incentives And Other Business Incentives In Local Economic Development, Timothy Bartik, Randall Eberts
The Roles Of Tax Incentives And Other Business Incentives In Local Economic Development, Timothy Bartik, Randall Eberts
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Thoughts On American Manufacturing Decline And Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik
Thoughts On American Manufacturing Decline And Revitalization, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Growing State Economies: How Taxes And Public Services Affect Private-Sector Performance, Timothy Bartik
Growing State Economies: How Taxes And Public Services Affect Private-Sector Performance, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Saturn And State Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik, Charles Becker, Steve Lake, John Bush
Saturn And State Economic Development, Timothy J. Bartik, Charles Becker, Steve Lake, John Bush
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
What Should Michigan Be Doing To Promote Long-Run Economic Development?, Timothy J. Bartik
What Should Michigan Be Doing To Promote Long-Run Economic Development?, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
This paper argues that Michigan can take cost-effective actions to significantly improve the primary state economic development goal: higher per capita income of Michigan's residents. Higher per capita income of Michigan's residents can be achieved through state policy actions that use cost-effective means to either lower the marginal costs of businesses that expand in the state, or boost the skills of state residents. In this paper, I offer eight ideas for how to lower marginal business costs and boost skills. Four of these ideas focus on lowering marginal business costs. Four other ideas focus on boosting skills. For each of …
Comments On Papers By Michael Wasylenko And Ronald Fisher, Timothy J. Bartik
Comments On Papers By Michael Wasylenko And Ronald Fisher, Timothy J. Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Marginal Business Taxes On State Manufacturing, Richard Funderburg, Timothy Bartik, Alan Peters, Peter Fisher
The Impact Of Marginal Business Taxes On State Manufacturing, Richard Funderburg, Timothy Bartik, Alan Peters, Peter Fisher
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Pew Project, Timothy Bartik
Pew Project, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
This project has three components. Component 1 is a model for use by state governments in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of economic development incentives. This model will be designed to be implemented via a spreadsheet, and will have supporting documentation explaining its research basis. Component 2 is estimates of marginal tax rates for different types of businesses in various states and cities. These marginal tax rates will incorporate both regular provisions of the tax code, as well as various economic development incentives. Component 3 is estimates of detailed industry employment at the county level for all U.S. counties. This will be …
The Impact Of State And Local Taxes On Growth Using Improved Tax Measures, Timothy Bartik
The Impact Of State And Local Taxes On Growth Using Improved Tax Measures, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
In collaboration with Alan Peters and Peter Fisher of the University of Iowa, this research project provided important new evidence on a long-standing controversy in academic and public policy circles: whether tax incentives are a cost-effective means of stimulating state economic growth. The research used a superior measure of the crucial explanatory variable—state and local taxes on business—and tested the sensitivity of the results to the kind of tax measure used. This project refocused scholarly debate on replicable findings about the impact of state and local business taxes on economic growth. The results were disseminated to the economic development policy …
The Effects Of State And Local Taxes On Economic Development: A Review Of Recent Research, Timothy Bartik
The Effects Of State And Local Taxes On Economic Development: A Review Of Recent Research, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
An Economic Opportunity Concept For The Northside Of The City Of Kalamazoo, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
An Economic Opportunity Concept For The Northside Of The City Of Kalamazoo, Timothy J. Bartik, George A. Erickcek
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
A Database For Measuring Industrial And Occupational Strengths And Potential In Michigan’S Economic Regions, Timothy Bartik, George Erickcek
A Database For Measuring Industrial And Occupational Strengths And Potential In Michigan’S Economic Regions, Timothy Bartik, George Erickcek
Timothy J. Bartik
Researchers developed a database that included analysis of each of Michigan's economic region's industrial strengths and potential strengths in different "export-base industries." The MERIOD (Michigan Economic Region Industrial and Occupational Development) database surveyed specialized industries and high-growth industries in each of the fifteen metro areas. It identified export-based industries to the six-digit NAICS level and explored recent growth trends in these industries in both the Michigan metro area and at the national level. These data and analyses provided MEDC (Michigan Economic Development Corporation) and regional economic developers in Michigan with insight into potential industry targets for better informed policy decisions.
Simulating The Effects Of The Tax Credit Program Of The Michigan Economic Growth Authority On Job Creation And Fiscal Benefits, Timothy Bartik, George Erickcek
Simulating The Effects Of The Tax Credit Program Of The Michigan Economic Growth Authority On Job Creation And Fiscal Benefits, Timothy Bartik, George Erickcek
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Thoughts On American Manufacturing Decline And Revitalization, Timothy Bartik
Thoughts On American Manufacturing Decline And Revitalization, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
The recent decline in American manufacturing probably reflects long-run problems. A sensible approach to revitalizing American manufacturing would focus on overcoming inefficiencies in the development of manufacturing, such as problems in small- and medium-sized manufacturers getting information about deploying new technologies. This approach to revitalizing manufacturing can best be implemented through federal efforts to encourage and support state and local economic development policies that help enhance manufacturing productivity. A decentralized approach to the revitalization of manufacturing encourages a variety of creative policies, is adaptable to local conditions, and is consistent with American political traditions.
Who Benefits From State And Local Economic Development Policies?, Timothy Bartik
Who Benefits From State And Local Economic Development Policies?, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
Bartik reviews evidence on whether state and local policies affect job growth. He then presents empirical data supporting the intentions of such programs, showing that job growth may lead to a number of positive long-term effects including: lower unemployment, higher labor force participation, higher real estate values, and better occupational opportunities. He also shows that the earnings gains to disadvantaged groups outweigh the resulting increased real estate values for property owners, and concludes by saying that regional competition for jobs may actually be a benefit for the nation as a whole.