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Causes of Varying Economic Performance By State

Examines economic growth by state since 2000, particularly during the 2002-07 expansion and during the 2008-09 recession. The varying economic performance across states had little relationship to such factors as a state’s economic diversity or job quality; instead, local factors—such as a state’…

Arizona Economic Performance Job Quality Productivity and Prosperity States
Public Finance

Tax and Expenditure Limitation Proposals in Arizona

Assesses several proposals to create a new state government revenue or expenditure limit in Arizona, and compares the proposals to Colorado’s limit. Arizona already has a limit, adopted in the late 1970s, that constrains state government appropriations to a percentage of the state’s personal…

Arizona General Fund Tax & Expenditure Limitations Public Finance
Public Finance

Arizona Constitution: Specified Duties of State Government

Looks at the functions of state government that are specified in the Arizona Constitution. Generally, the Constitution does not delineate specific duties of state government. The Constitution is much more explicit regarding the provision of public education, and the funding for education, than…

Arizona Educational Achievement Educational Attainment Higher Education Finance Investment K-12 Finance Public Finance
Public Finance

Addendum: Revenue Forecast Details

Discusses the baseline revenue forecast used in Roadmap to Arizona’s Economic Recovery: A Package to Create Jobs, Improve the State’s Economic Competitiveness, and Balance the Budget.

Arizona General Fund Public Finance
Productivity and Prosperity

The Magnitude and Causes of Arizona's Low Per Capita Income

Explains why incomes in Arizona are below the national average, presents ways in which the shortfall may be addressed, and describes the differences between the various income measures that are available. The average income in Arizona is less than the national average regardless of the source of…

Arizona Income & Earnings Productivity and Prosperity
Public Finance

Roadmap to Arizona's Economic Recovery: A Package to Create Jobs, Improve the State's Economic Competitiveness, and Balance the Budget

Presents a plan to balance the state government's budget in the near term and longer term, to create jobs in the near term, and to improve the state's economic competitiveness in the longer term. Arizonans face the twin problems of recovering from a deep and long economic recession and dealing…

Arizona Economic Competitiveness General Fund Regional Economics Tax Structure Public Finance
Productivity and Prosperity

A Comparison of Arizona to Nations of Comparable Size

Compares Arizona to 11 nations with developed economies of comparable size on a range of economic and demographic data.

Arizona Economic Performance Educational Attainment Income & Earnings Productivity and Prosperity
Public Finance

The Tax Burden in Arizona

Assesses the tax burden by state, specifically looking at individual tax burdens versus business tax burdens. The overall tax burden in Arizona is lower than in most states, and lower than it was in the past, the result of a very low tax burden for individuals and a moderate tax burden for…

Arizona Tax Burden Public Finance
Productivity and Prosperity

The Contribution of Universities to Regional Economies

Summarizes the three ways that universities contribute to the local economy: as an economic base industry, as an institution of higher education, and as a research institution. Higher incomes of individuals and the community as a whole, higher-quality jobs, enhanced economic development, and…

Economic Development Economic Impact Nation Productivity and Prosperity Research & Development Value of Education

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