Tax Experts Agree on Eliminating Exemptions — But Not on What to Do with the Revenue

By Caleb Taylor Nicole Kaeding and Lisa Christen Gee both offered their recommendations for reforming Arkansas’s sales tax Monday at a meeting of the Arkansas Tax Reform and Relief Legislative Task Force. Kaeding is a Arkansas: The Road Map To Tax Reform co-author and Director of Special Projects for the Tax Foundation. Other co-authors include […]

‘Road Map to Tax Reform’ Co-Author Kaeding to Speak at Task Force Monday

By Caleb Taylor Nicole Kaeding, Arkansas: The Road Map To Tax Reform co-author and Director of Special Projects for the Tax Foundation, will speak to members of the Arkansas Legislative Tax Reform and Relief Task Force about reforming Arkansas’s sales taxes on Monday, March 19th. Arkansas: The Road Map To Tax Reform examines Arkansas’s current […]

New Research Paper Published on Arkansas Job Creation Program — and the Results Do Not Look Good

By Caleb Taylor Does Arkansas’s Quick Action Closing Fund (QACF) increase county-level private employment and establishments? ACRE Policy Analyst Jacob Bundrick and Scholar and UCA Assistant Professor of Economics Dr. Thomas Snyder investigate this question in their academic journal article “Do Business Subsidies Lead to Increased Economic Activity? Evidence from Arkansas’s Quick Action Closing Fund” […]

Student Travel Assistance to Economics Conferences

By Caleb Taylor Arkansas college students attending economics conferences can get their travel costs reimbursed. ACRE has awarded tens of thousands of dollars in the past few years alone. Students could attend conferences hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Foundation for Economic Education, the Institute for Humane Studies, or more! The Federal Reserve […]

Bundrick Quoted In Statewide Publications On Business Subsidies

By Caleb Taylor ACRE Policy Analyst Jacob Bundrick answered questions from members of the State Agencies & Government Affairs – Senate Constitutional Issues Subcommittee on Tuesday, February 20th about Arkansas economic development incentives. Bundrick explained the conclusions of a working paper by him and ACRE Scholar Dr. Tom Snyder, UCA Associate Professor of Economics, titled […]