competition between governments is beneficial because it reduces wasteful government spending and forces a certain discipline on politicians.
Underfunding: a short history of a word
Look up references to “underfunding,” and a curious trend emerges. They are almost never made by the users of public services: parents, patients and so on. Rather, in almost every case it is their employees, or more particularly public sector union leaders, who use the term
Why high property taxes reduce property values
The tax capitalization effect
Shift Priority Tax Emphasis to Land
The means to revitalize a downtown continue to befuddle many Canadian cities. Winnipeg is no exception, with a decidedly mixed outcome despite a potpourri of subsidies and other interventions to boost the central city.
2002 Tax Load Index – The Gap Widens
Our 2002 Tax Load Index expands this year to include B.C., Ontario and two neighbouring U.S. states, North Dakota and Minnesota.
Lower Taxes = Higher Economic Growth
One of the very best places to examine the impact of taxation on economic growth is to look at the United States.
*Prosperity or Stagnation?
Speech given by Prof. Richard Vedder of the Ukraine on taxation and economic growth
Winnipeg’s Property Taxes
Is Winnipeg on a roll? A spate of “good news” stories has led some to that conclusion, and let’s hope they’re right. But new research data on the City’s high property taxes tell a cautionary tale, that the fundamentals necessary to a sustained boom may not be in place.
Westward Ho, The Tax Base
The 2001 Prairie Tax Load Index is the summation of a province’s key tax rates – the top marginal rates on personal and corporate income, payroll and capital, as well as sales taxes.