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Research Report
William Hoyt, Christopher Jepsen, Kenneth R. Troske
The offering of tax and other location-based incentives to firms considering locating operations in a state, as well as firms with existing operations, has become a common practice of both state and local governments in the past thirty years. However, these programs are not without their critics. Some of the concerns about these programs arise from the lack of strong evidence, either supportive or critical of these programs. The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development contracted with the Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) to produce a series of reports examining the effectiveness of tax incentives in Kentucky.
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An Examination of Incentives to Attract and Retain Businesses.pdf
Glenn C. Blomquist, Paul A. Coomes, Christopher Jepsen, Brandon Koford, Barry Kornstein, Kenneth R. Troske
This report presents the results of our nine-month effort to measure the economic value of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS), both directly to its students around the state, and indirectly to all residents of Kentucky. We find wide public support for KCTCS, and a willingness to pay for an expansion of its programs. We also find a large variation in the individual returns to community and technical college education, in terms of expected work-life earnings by gender and by region of the state.
PDF: The Individual Regional and State Economic Impacts.pdf
William Hoyt, John Garen PDF:
Fiscal Policy and Local Economic Development.pdf
William Hoyt, John Garen
The purpose of this study is to inform on the current state of knowledge of the economics profession of the impacts of state and local taxes on property values. Our goal is also to suggest how to interpret some of the findings of this literature as well as to provide some conceptual background to assist in interpreting these findings.
PDF: Fiscal Policy and Property Values.pdf
William H. Hoyt
This report examines the provision of a variety of government services within Kentucky. The provision of these public services, specifically the cost of providing these services is examined for the years 1992, 1997, and 2002. In addition, employment and salaries in government services are also examined. In addition to comparing costs within Kentucky during this period, the costs of providing public services are also compared to costs of the same government services by its neighboring states (Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia).
PDF: Measurement and Assessment of Efficiency and Productivity.pdf
William Hoyt PDF:
Trends and Comparisons in Higher Education Economics.pdf
Kentucky Annual Report
Kenneth R. Troske, John Garen, Devanathan Sudharshan, Roy A. Sigafus PDF:
Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2007.pdf
Kenneth R. Troske, John Garen, Devanathan Sudharshan, Roy A. Sigafus PDF:
Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2006.pdf
John Garen, William H. Hoyt, Glenn C. Blomquist, Devanathan Sudharshan, Roy A. Sigafus PDF:
Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2005.pdf
Eric C. Thompson, Glenn C. Blomquist, Devanathan Sudharshan, Roy A. Sigafus PDF:
Kentucky Annual Economic Report 2004.pdf