America’s local governments spend about one-eighth of our national income, one-fourth of total government spending, and employ over 14 million people. This paper surveys the large and growing economics literature on local governments and their finances. A primary difference between local and...

A growing body of work--both theoretical and empirical--has emphasized that unionization may be better understood as a tax on capital rather than a tax on labor. Under this "new" view, unionization unambiguously lowers investment. Using data on union certification elections, we estimate the...

This Paper Presents Empirical Evidence on Both These Effects by Studying Version of the Hall-Jorgenson Model Estimated From U.S. Data (1956-1972) by Gordon Investment Tax Credits over This Period Suggest That the Lucas Effects May Be Observable in This Example. for This Purpose, We Use Recursive...