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An Economic Development Strategy For Charlevoix County - A Feasibility Study, Michelle Miller-Adams
An Economic Development Strategy For Charlevoix County - A Feasibility Study, Michelle Miller-Adams
Michelle Miller-Adams
Staff of the Upjohn Institute will work with the Charlevoix Community Foundation to study the feasibility of a collaborative economic development strategy for the region. Through stakeholder interviews and a community convening, Institute staff will examine the networks currently in place among leaders in the county's three communities, present to stakeholders the findings of this network analysis along with regional data, and facilitate a community conversation about possible collaborative strategies designed to address the challenges facing Charlevoix County.
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 …
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.