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The linkage between regional economic indexes and tax bases: evidence from New York

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  • Jason Bram
  • Andrew Haughwout
  • James Orr
  • Robert Rich
  • Rae Rosen

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This paper examines the linkage between economic activity and tax revenues for New York State and New York City. Drawing upon the methodology of Stock and Watson, we use a dynamic single-factor model to estimate indexes of coincident economic indicators. We also construct measures of the sales and withholding tax bases. To conduct an empirical analysis of the relationship between the indexes of economic activity and the tax base series, we use vector autoregression and error correction models. The results provide strong evidence that the coincident indexes contain useful information for explaining monthly growth in the tax bases. However, much less evidence exists of a statistically significant linkage from the tax bases to the coincident indexes.

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Paper provided by Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its series Staff Reports with number 188.

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Handle: RePEc:fip:fednsr:188

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Keywords: Taxation ; Revenue ; Economic indicators ; Economic conditions - New York (State) ; Economic conditions - New York (N.Y.) ; Federal Reserve District; 2nd;

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  1. James Orr & Rae Rosen, 2004. "New York and New Jersey poised for modest job growth in 2005," Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, issue Dec.
  2. Theodore M. Crone & Alan Clayton-Matthews, 2004. "Consistent economic indexes for the 50 states," Working Papers 04-9, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

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