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The robust relationship between taxes and U.S. state income growth.


by Reed, W. Robert
National Tax Journal • March, 2008 •

(-8.00) (-7.63) (-7.38) (-8.13) Non Tax Revenues -- -0.3763 -0.4306 -- (D) (-2.98) (-3.36) Non Tax Revenues -- -0.3784 -0.4375 -- (L) (-3.39) (-2.94) Welfare (D) -- -- 0.6157 0.5131

(3.49) (3.14) Welfare (L) -- -- 0.5749 0.3482

(1.84) (1.29) Note: Regression results are derived from a regression equation having the variable specification of column 2 of Table 3, supplemented with the respective interaction dummy variables (cf. the text for further details). The estimation procedure is FGLS (weighting on groupwise heteroscedasticity) with robust VCE for heteroscedasticity and cross-sectional correlation. The first column reproduces previous results for comparison's sake (cf. the next to last row of Table 4). "Non-Tax Revenues" are defined as General Revenues minus Total Taxes divided by income. "Welfare" is defined as Direct General Expenditures on Public Welfare divided by income. TABLE 9 ESTIMATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAX BURDEN AND INCOME GROWTH USING ANNUAL DATA

(1) (2) (3) Tax Burden 0.0016 0.0017 0.0174

(3.06) (1.11) (8.77) Tax Burden (-1) -- -- -- Tax Burden (-2) -- -- -- Tax Burden (-3) -- -- -- Tax Burden (-4) -- -- -- LNK 0.0754 -- --

(8.84) LNL 0.1073 -- --

(8.19) LNN 0.0064 -- --

(5.91) LNY_1 0.7466 -- --

(65.25) Education 0.0034 0.0174 --

(10.38) (20.17) Working population 0.0056 0.0288 --

(11.85) (25.28) Nonwhite -0.0004 -0.0008 --

(-2.84) (-2.38) Female 0.0112 -0.0014 --

(8.33) (-0.37) Agriculture 0.0028 0.0057 --

(12.11) (11.53) Mining -0.0005 0.0029 --

(-1.16) (4.80) Union 0.0008 0.0049 --

(5.31) (15.24) Diversity 0.0032 0.0039 --

(7.06) (3.17) Other variables state fixed state fixed state fixed

effects, year effects, year effects, year

fixed effects fixed effects fixed effects Number of observations 1440 1440 1440 [R.sup.2] 0.994 0.944 0.843

(4) (5) Tax Burden 0.0040 0.0064

(1.16) (6.27) Tax Burden (-1) -- -0.0025

(-1.96) Tax Burden (-2) -- -0.0020

(-1.62) Tax Burden (-3) -- -0.0001

(-0.11) Tax Burden (-4) -- -0.0025

(-2.63) LNK -- 0.0936

(9.97) LNL -- 0.1330

(9.79) LNN -- 0.0034

(3.29) LNY_1 -- 0.7180

(55.54) Education -- 0.0038

(10.62) Working population -- 0.0055

(11.19) Nonwhite -- -0.0001

(-1.09) Female -- 0.0127

(8.95) Agriculture -- 0.0015

(5.11) Mining -- -0.0011

(-2.74) Union -- 0.0013

(8.45) Diversity -- 0.0017

(3.10) Other variables - state fixed

effects, year

fixed effects Number of observations 1440 1248 [R.sup.2] 0.448 0.993 Note: The dependent variable is the log of real Per Capita Personal Income (1984 dollars). All equations are estimated using OLS. t-statistics are reported in parenthesis.


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