Testimony Submitted to Kansas City on Changes to the City’s Licensing Codes
Kansas City officials deserve credit for wanting to update and revamp the city’s business and occupational licensing system. Economic...
Testimony to the Senate Financial, Government Organizations and Elections Committee
Stop the ceaseless moves toward greater regulation of occupations in Missouri. Stop allowing existing businesses to limit their own...
Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Retirement Plans
The mission of the Show-Me Institute is: “Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy.” This...
Income Taxes vs. Sales Taxes: A Welfare Comparison
Which tax structure — sales or income — is most preferred by the typical Missourian? Because both types of taxes...
A Review of Cross-Country Evidence on Government Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
It is widely believed that fiscal policy plays an important role in determining economic growth, but the specific policies that...
The Missouri Compromise
A tax-swap proposal to eliminate both Missouri’s personal income tax and corporate income tax in favor of a static revenue-neutral...
The Negative Effects of Targeted Development Tax Credits in Missouri
The state government in Missouri has issued $3,478,108,538 in targeted tax credits since 2000. Meanwhile, there is much evidence that...
Actual Pay: A Survey of Missouri Public School Superintendent Salary and Benefit Packages
In this interesting paper, Show-Me Institute researcher Audrey Spalding analyzes a topic that has received little systematic study: the...
North Side Saint Louis Developer Appears to Have Inflated Expenses in Tax Credit Application
In late December 2009, pressed to award nearly $20 million in tax credits to a single development company, the Missouri...
