Research Report Lower Taxes and Economic Growth: Response to a Flawed Analysis
Iris Lav
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When the Speaker and other leaders of Florida's House of Representatives released their plan to roll back property taxes and place a tight growth limit on state and local revenues, they included a report in their release by the firm Arduin, Laffer and Moore that claims lower taxes will lead to higher economic growth. We examine and point out the flaws in this analysis and show the authors' fundamental result is due to how they constructed their data and an elementary statistical mistake.
Research Areas Taxes and budgets
Tags State and local tax issues
Policy Centers Income and Benefits Policy Center