In his 2026 report, Looking for Growth: A Productivity Story, economist Joseph Haslag finds that eliminating Missouri’s state income tax could raise the state’s annual growth rate by a quarter to a half percentage point and lift workers’ incomes.
How Missouri Can Encourage Economic Growth
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About the Author
Joseph Haslag
Joseph Haslag is a professor and the Kenneth Lay Chair in economics at the University of Missouri Columbia. Until the end of 2018, Professor Haslag was the Institute's chief economist. An expert in monetary policy, Haslag has done research at the Federal Reserve Banks of Saint Louis, Dallas, and...
