The Poverty of States: Do State Tax Policies Affect State Labor Productivity?
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- McPhail, Joseph E. & Orazem, Peter F. & Singh, Rajesh, 2012. "The poverty of states: do state tax policies affect state labor productivity?," ISU General Staff Papers 201207010700001114, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
labor productivity; sales tax; Property tax; income tax; corporate tax; capital gains tax; efficiency; workers' compensation; unemployment insurance; growth;JEL classification:
- H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
- H3 - Public Economics - - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ACC-2010-06-04 (Accounting & Auditing)
- NEP-EFF-2010-06-04 (Efficiency & Productivity)
- NEP-PBE-2010-06-04 (Public Economics)
- NEP-PUB-2010-06-04 (Public Finance)
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