Rising Health Care Costs in Wisconsin: The Case for Price Transparency
Hospital prices have risen far faster than wages or general inflation, placing real burdens on Wisconsin employers, workers, and the state’s long-term competitiveness.
Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy
Hospital prices have risen far faster than wages or general inflation, placing real burdens on Wisconsin employers, workers, and the state’s long-term competitiveness.
In the last 20 years, U.S. states with larger income tax cuts for seniors experienced faster growth rates
11.14.24 EVENT Steve Forbes “How Capitalism Can Save America”
Wisconsin State Legislature recently unveiled a tax cut plan which (among other initiatives) expands the state’s second income tax bracket to cover higher earners. We present a comprehensive model of the Wisconsin economy and its tax system to account for the behavioral responses from households and firms.
9.27.23 EVENT Dr. Arthur Laffer “Does Taxing the Rich Work?
6.26.23. Junjie Guo, Kim Ruhl and Ananth Seshadri. In this report we evaluate the economic impact of the Wisconsin State Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC)’s plan to cut the state’s individual income tax rates.
5.17.23. Junjie Guo, Kim Ruhl and Ananth Seshadri. In this report we evaluate five options to lower the income tax rates in Wisconsin, which are higher than the rates in most other states.
2.24.23. Junjie Guo, Kim J. Ruhl and Ananth Seshadri. This CROWE report presents a model of the Wisconsin economy and its tax system, and shows that reducing the state’s individual income tax rates will increase output and household consumption significantly.
11.1.22. Junjie Guo and Kim J. Ruhl. It is widely believed that sales taxes are regressive: The total sales tax paid by a low-income household represents a greater share of its income compared with a high-income household.
12.16.21. Noah Williams. The state of Wisconsin has the oldest continuously operating state income tax in the United States. In this report I develop and analyze a plan to dramatically change that history.