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Productivity and Prosperity

Targeting Federal Laboratories as a Catalyst for Private Investment in Research and Development

Explains how the attraction of a federally funded research and development center would aid economic development, particularly private-sector research and development, in Arizona.

Nation Productivity and Prosperity Research & Development States
Public Finance

Public Investment Using Debt Financing and the Effect on Economic Activity: Perspectives for the State of Arizona

Discusses the use of long-term debt by governments to finance long-lasting infrastructure projects. Includes an empirical analysis of the relationship between debt burdens and economic growth.

Arizona Infrastructure Investment Nation States Public Finance
Productivity and Prosperity

Sunbelt Growth and the Knowledge Economy: An Exploratory Analysis

Examines the education and income characteristics of migrants to the Sunbelt and the economic performance of the Sunbelt, with a focus on economic development and the knowledge economy.

Educational Attainment Knowledge Economy Migration Nation Productivity and Prosperity States Substates
Public Finance

Changes in State Government Spending Compared to Changes in Income in Arizona Since 1990

Provides an analysis of the change in state government expenditures and gains in income. Spending increases generally have been in line with the gains in various measures of income.

Arizona General Fund Income & Earnings Public Finance
Public Finance

A Brief Analysis of Issues Associated With Debt Financing for the State of Arizona “Students First” School Capital Funding System

Compares the existing system of financing the construction of new schools through current expenditures from the general fund with the alternative of using long-term debt financing. Debt financing is an appropriate mechanism for school construction because the benefits of new schools extend far…

Arizona K-12 Finance Public Finance
Arizona Universities

Is Resident Undergraduate Instruction at Arizona State University as Nearly Free as Possible?

Extends the February 2006 paper on tuition and appropriations by including a quantitative analysis of tuition, financial aid, and income.

Arizona ASU Higher Education Finance Arizona Universities
Productivity and Prosperity

University Research and Local Economic Development

Provides a review of studies that examine the extent to which university research promotes local economic growth and development, with a primary focus on economic impacts that derive from the innovative outputs of faculty. These impacts include the attraction of industrial laboratories, the…

Economic Development Nation Productivity and Prosperity Research & Development STEM/High Tech Substates
Productivity and Prosperity

High-Wage Jobs

Examines high-wage jobs throughout the United States with a focus on Arizona. Arizona’s subpar job quality is not due to a scarcity of high-wage jobs, but instead results from lesser job quality in the remainder of the employment distribution.

Arizona Job Mix Nation Productivity and Prosperity States
Productivity and Prosperity

Five Reasons to Skip College: A Reply

Responds to an article at Forbes.com that questioned the value of higher education.

Income & Earnings Nation Productivity and Prosperity Value of Education

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