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Economics News
A weblog featuring library related news, events, and resources for the Economics Department at Georgia State University. http://www.library.gsu.edu/news/econBlog update
Due to changes in personnel and shifts in responsibilities within the Department of Liaison & Outreach Services, the following blogs will be discontinued, effective Friday 12/21/07: Economic News; Political Science News and Public Administration & Urban Studies News.
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Tax Statistics
SOI Tax Stats : Corporation Tax Statistics
URL: http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/bustaxstats/article/0,,id=97145,00.html
Tax Statistics : Produced by the Statistics of Income Division and Other Areas of the Internal Revenue Service
URL: http://www.irs.gov/taxstats
IRS Data Book
URL: http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=102174,00.html
SOI Tax Stats : International Individual Tax Statistics
The Economists' Voice - new articles
Ian Ayres "Give Freakonomics a Chance".
Robert Hahn and Peter Passell "Time to Change U.S. Climate Policy".
Aaron S. Edlin "A Christmas Warning".
Steffen Kallbekken and Torben K. Mideksa "Letter: Why Urgent Emissions Reductions are Needed".
Adrian E. Tschoegl "Letter: Observation, Theory-Building, and Theory-Testing".
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : Export-oriented industry drives output
USA economy: Quick View - Energy drives inflation up to 2-year high
USA economy: Quick View - Export-oriented industry drives output
USA/Canada economy: EIU's January assumptions
Japan economy: EIU's January assumptions
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : Bank cards face EU showdown on charges
USA economy: Federal budget shortfall up 34.5% in November
USA economy: October trade gap worst in three months
Russia/Poland economy: Moscow to lift Polish meat ban, normalise trade ties
EU regulations: Deadline for signing trade deals with the EU extended
EU economy: Hungary and Poland ‘lagging behind on EU competitiveness'
EU economy: Lisbon Agenda is working, says Barroso
EU finance: Bank cards face EU showdown on charges
EU finance: Kroes issues monopoly warning
EU finance: A single currency in search of a payments area
EU regulations: Soil law wins lukewarm support
Brazil: Economic structure
Brazil: Key developments
Brazil: Quarterly economic indicators
China economy: Quick View - Retail sales soar
Brazil economy: Quick View - GDP outperforms despite export slump
This week on ViewsWire: Succession according to Putin
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : Bernanke vs the markets
Mexico economy: Richer, more confident, but still looking to the US
Saudi Arabia economy: Downside of the boom
Saudi Arabia finance: Tadawul in charge
Russia finance: Cardif awaiting a local insurance licence
USA economy: Bernanke vs the markets
China economy: Quick View - Imports gain momentum again
Russia economy: Quick View - Economy outperforms expectations
China economy: Quick View - Food drives inflation to 11-year high
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : Growth in remittances from migrant workers in the US slows
World/USA economy: US says no to firm emissions targets
Mexico economy: Growth in remittances from migrant workers in the US slows sharply
UK: Country forecast summary
UK: 5-year forecast table
UK: Quarterly economic indicators
Japan economy: Quick View - Machinery orders pick up
Tax Credits to Encourage Work
Current debate on taxes has snagged on the haves without progressing to the have-nots. Karl Scholz, a former deputy assistant secretary at Treasury, recommends in a new paper that the earned income tax credit (EITC) should be expanded through higher credits for childless workers and combined with wage subsidies. This idea and others will be discussed at a December 12 Hamilton Project Forum on facilitating and rewarding work.
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Facilitating and Rewarding Work »
Source: The Brookings Alert
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : Developing countries face uncertain trade fate
Iran/China finance: Chinese banks put curbs on Iran
UK regulations: UK points system to stem migrants
Indonesia economy: World Bank approves $800m in loans
USA finance: Mortgage rescue for some
USA economy: Upbeat signals about economy
EU/Africa/Caribbean economy: Developing countries face uncertain trade fate
EU regulations: Mandelson's planned trade defence reforms under fire
EU finance: Sovereign funds ‘not all bad'
EU regulations: McCreevy picks up pace in scrutiny of gambling cases
Saudi Arabia: Quarterly economic indicators
South Africa economy: Quick View - Manufacturing recovers
The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy - new articles
Serena Ng and Matt Shum "Detecting Information Pooling: Evidence from Earnings Forecasts after Brokerage Mergers".
Junichiro Ishida and Hiromi Nosaka "Gender Specialization of Skill Acquisition".
Christian Dustmann and Ian P. Preston "Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration".
Jacob L. Vigdor "The Katrina Effect: Was There a Bright Side to the Evacuation of Greater New Orleans?".
CONTRIBUTIONS
Giampaolo Arachi "Optimal Origin-based Commodity Taxation in a Small Open Economy".
Ted C. Schroeder, Glynn T. Tonsor, Joost M.E. Pennings, and James Mintert "Consumer Food Safety Risk Perceptions and Attitudes: Impacts on Beef Consumption across Countries".
TOPICS
Mehmet S. Tosun and Mark L. Skidmore "Cross-Border Shopping and the Sales Tax: An Examination of Food Purchases in West Virginia".
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines
USA economy: Election imperils balanced budget
This week on ViewsWire: Latin America’s energy revolution
Analysis of Local Government Expenditures and Property Tax Growth
The Fiscal Research Center (AYSPS), the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, and the Georgia Public Policy Foundation jointly prepared this document. We believe it would be desirable for there to be a set of numbers that we agreed reflect the recent growth in expenditures and property taxes by type of government in Georgia. The objective was to produce a set of numbers for each level or type of government that were developed on a consistent basis across governments and over time, and that reflect actual changes and not differences over time or across types of governments in how the data are reported. Read more
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : EU to dilute trade deals to avert crisis
Mexico economy: Quick View - Domestic economy performs well
EU regulations: Taking on telecoms
EU regulations: EU to dilute trade deals to avert crisis
Brazil: Country risk summary
Economic Mobility of Black and White Families
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : House OKs protections for home-loan borrowers
USA economy: Quick View - Industry deteriorates
Brazil economy: Quick View - Retail remains robust
USA/Canada economy: EIU's December assumptions
Japan economy: EIU's December assumptions
USA finance: House OKs protections for home-loan borrowers
USA economy: Pace of consumer inflation quickens
Brazil economy: All this and oil too
UK economy: When the credit dries up
USA economy: The Fed lets light in
Brazil: Country forecast summary
Brazil: 5-year forecast table
South Africa economy: Quick View - Retail sales growth slumps
China economy: Quick View - Industry continues to boom
Mexico economy: Quick View - Industry starts to slow
Indonesia economy: Quick View - GDP growth on target
This week on ViewsWire: Inflation--back with a vengeance?
EIU Viewswire Economic Headlines : IMF urges continued reform
China economy: Quick View - Inflation reaches 6.5% again
UK economy: Quick View - Inflation regains momentum
Zimbabwe economy: Queuing for crumbs
UK economy: UK probes avian flu outbreak
China economy: China sees fatal twist to inflation debate
Saudi Arabia economy: IMF urges continued reform
Saudi Arabia economy: Business climate overview
Indonesia: Country risk summary
Indonesia: Quarterly economic indicators
Indonesia: Country forecast summary
Indonesia: 5-year forecast table
China economy: Quick View – Imports gather pace
Japan economy: Quick View – Consumer confidence wanes
