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.
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Wisconsin’s Sales Tax Regressivity
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.
Wisconsin’s economy: March 2022
3.3.22. Kim Ruhl. By many indicators, the Wisconsin economy has recovered to pre-pandemic levels or beyond, while inflation has run high both in absolute terms and relative to the rest of the United States.
Wisconsin’s Labor Market and COVID-19
2.5.21. Kim Ruhl. This brief reports labor-market indicators for Wisconsin to demonstrate the effects of COVID-19 on labor supply and demand. This report is part of a larger effort at CROWE to document and analyze the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Effects of COVID-19 on Wisconsin’s Workers and Firms
6.26.20. Kim Ruhl. This note highlights two high-frequency data series that show some of the effects of COVID-19 on Wisconsin workers and firms. This report is part of a larger effort at CROWE to document and analyze the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Measuring Proximity to Others in the Workplace
5.5.20. Kim Ruhl. This brief uses data that score occupations by how closely workers interact with others in order to rank industries on their potential to spread disease through close contact. This report is part of a larger effort at CROWE to document and analyze the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Uneven Effects of Chinese Tariffs
11.10.19. Kim Ruhl. As part of the escalating trade war, the Chinese government increased substantially the tariffs it levies on a range of products exported from the United States. Trade policy is applied at a national level—a good entering China from the United States is tariffed the same regardless of where it was produced within the United States.
The Dodd-Frank Act and Small Bank Creation
5.19.19. Kim Ruhl. In response to the U.S. financial crisis of 2007–2008, the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” (henceforth, the Dodd-Frank Act or just the Act) was enacted on July 21, 2010. This sweeping reform was meant to stabilize the financial system and prevent future crises.