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Economic Development Policy Part 2: Supply side policies ECON
4480 State and Local Economies 1
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Site Selection Rankings 2013
http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2013/nov/cover.cfm 2
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What matters? 4
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Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate for 2013 5 Source:
http://taxfoundation.org/article/2013-state-business-tax-climate-index
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Best States 1.Wyoming 2.South Dakota 3.Nevada 4.Alaska
5.Florida 6 Worst States 46. Rhode Island 47. Vermont 48.
California 49.New Jersey 50.New York Tax Foundation 2013
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Tax Foundation State Business Tax Climate 7
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State Top Income Tax Rates 8
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Sales Tax Rates 9
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Property Taxes 10
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Tax Burden 11
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Does it Matter? 2005-2010Annual Average Rate of Growth Per
capita income Earnings per jobEmployment Unemployment rate Best
States2.2%2.4%0.6%8.4% Worst States2.6%1.8%-0.1%9.4% 12
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Tennessee Taxes 13 Tennessee tax structure (relevant items): No
tax on household earned income, No statewide property tax. The
primary taxes on business are the Excise Tax and the Franchise Tax.
Excise Tax is 6.5% of Tennessee taxable income for a corporation,
LLC, or limited partnership, Franchise Tax is 0.25% of Tennessee
net worth, with a minimum of $100 annually. Excise and Franchise
Taxes average about 14% of total state government revenue;
typically one of the most volatile components of revenue.
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Right to work states 14 24 states have right to work laws. Two
states in the industrial north have recently passed right to work
(IN and MI) http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm
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Right to work Proponents of right to work rely on arguments
concerning the liberty of workers choice of where to work, without
being compelled to join a union. Opponents of right to work point
out the free rider problem that non-union workers would enjoy in a
union shop: the union negotiates a favorable pay package that
applies to non- members as well as union members. Right to work
does not prohibit unions; for example, workers in the GM plant in
Spring Hill belong to the United Auto Workers. Yet, Tennessee is a
right-to-work state. RTW will matter for some relocating firms. RTW
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Comparing state outcomes 16 RTW states experience substantially
higher job growth in the long run (1969- 2009). However, most jobs
still are in the non RTW states.
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Comparing state outcomes 17 Per capita income lower in RTW
states, but growing a little faster (+0.5%) than in non RTW states.
RTW states comprise just 38% of total U.S. personal income for
2009. Clearly, more than RTW matters.
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Comparing state outcomes 18
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Summary and conclusions: supply-side policies Six conclusions
regarding supply-side polices: 1) supply-side considerations can
matter, but other factors such as workforce quality and access to
markets (transportation networks) typically matter more. 2)
supply-side incentives are offered in order to remain competitive
with other states, 3) new supply-side incentives will work for a
time, but soon, other states will offer the same incentives,
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Summary and conclusions: supply-side policies 4) states must
balance the benefits of tax incentives with the costs in terms of
lost revenue, 5) right to work is associated with higher job growth
but lower average pay; the advantage of RTW may exist mostly as a
signal of a favorable business climate, 6) simplifying and
streamlining the incentive and permitting process and establishing
a simplified tax structure may be the most effective means to
demonstrate a positive business climate. 20