Investment Tax Credit Effects On The United States And Canada, 1968-1985.

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Shoemaker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Matched Pairs ◽  
Tax Credit ◽  
Effective Stimulus ◽  
Investment Tax Credit ◽  
Investment Rates

A micro approach of matched pairs (U.S. and Canadian firms) was utilized to ascertain investment tax credit impacts, differentiating between tax credit and non-tax credit firms. Univariate tests were used to measure the significance of the investment rates between the matched pairs over the period 1968-1985. This research found little evidence that the investment tax credit was an effective stimulus for capital investment.

scholarly journals Impact Of The Repeal Of The Investment Tax Credit ON Firms Investment Decisions

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Carlson ◽  
Chenchuramaiah T. Bathala
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Tax Reform ◽  
Important Determinant ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Tax Credit ◽  
Investment Tax Credit ◽  
Ancova Model ◽  
Investment Rates ◽  
The Relationship

<span>This study investigates the relationship between the 1986 repeal of the investment tax credit (ITC) and firms capital investment rates using an ANCOVA model that includes firm size and growth rate variables as covariates. Our results demonstrate: (1) there is a significant decline in firms investment rates between the pre-Tax Reform Act (TRA) and post-TRA periods; and (2) holding the amount of ITC available to firms constant during the two time periods, firms investment rates remain relatively constant. We conclude that ITC is an important determinant in firms capital investment rates.</span>

The Migratory Impact of Minimum Wage Legislation: Puerto Rico, 1970–1987

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 772-795
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Santiago
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Minimum Wage ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Wage Setting ◽  
Wage Policy ◽  
The Impact

Minimum wage research has historically focused on labor mobility between covered and uncovered labor markets within a geographic area. This study examines the impact of minimum wage setting on labor migration. A multiple time series framework is applied to monthly data for Puerto Rico from 1970–1987. The results show that net emigration from Puerto Rico to the United States fell in response to significant changes in the manner in which minimum wage policy was conducted, particularly after 1974. The extent of commuter type labor migration between Puerto Rico and the United States is influenced by minimum wage policy, with potentially important consequences for human capital investment and long-term standards of living.

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AS A NATIONAL PROBLEM

1971 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
John H. Abrahams
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Food Processing ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Solid Wastes ◽  
Solid Waste Disposal ◽  
Waste Products ◽  
Food Stores ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
Beneficial Uses

Our pollution problems, including solid wastes, exist because of the indifference of many in industry, in numerous government agencies, and in the general public. As in the other forms of pollution, solid wastes have been a problem throughout recorded history. Even so, there is no valid reason why progress and good conservation practices should be incompatible. Agri-business has emerged as a powerful economic force involving a $350 billion capital investment, of which food processing and distribution account for $90 billion and 23 million people. The United States has the best food bargain in the world–but its social price may include problems from vegetable, animal, and pesticide wastes. The choice of products in our food stores has increased some eight-fold in 30 years, for the benefit of the sophisticated United States consumer. Packaging is a vital link in moving foods and other products conveniently, economically, and efficiently to the consumer. Technology is rapidly being developed to handle and recycle rural and urban wastes for beneficial uses, to reduce pollution, and to conserve our natural resources. Past and present methods are outmoded, inefficient, and wasteful. A long range approach may be a regional system in which waste products from a municipality would be salvaged and recycled, where practical, with organic wastes returned to the land in some beneficial manner.

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