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• Policy Note No. 3
  March 01, 2000

  Welfare College Students

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  The rules and regulations that were developed to reduce welfare rolls through immediate employment discourage the achievement of economic independence through the pursuit of higher education.

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• Policy Note No. 1
  January 01, 1998

  Welfare Graduates

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  Are the effects of college-level education on income and financial independence positive enough to make it worthwhile for states to extend support to qualified welfare recipients to enable them to…more

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• Public Policy Brief No. 22
  September 19, 1995

  Closing the R&D Gap

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  Both spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Thomas Karier questions whether current R&D policy,…more

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• Working Paper No. 137
  February 01, 1995

  Closing the R&D Gap

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  No further information available.

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• Public Policy Brief No. 13
  June 07, 1994

  Investment Tax Credit Reconsidered

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  In this brief, Thomas Karier explores the efficacy of the investment tax credit (ITC) in stimulating private investment spending. He notes that there are three possible channels through which an…more

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• Working Paper No. 103
  February 03, 1994

  Business Tax Incentives and Investments

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  No further information available.

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• Working Paper No. 89
  April 01, 1993

  Profits for Economists

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  There is no single best estimate of profits because different purposes require measures. For example, profits in national income should be different than profits in financial statements. But given these…more

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• Working Paper No. 44
  February 01, 1991

  Accounting for the Decline in Private Sector Unionization

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  During the 1980s several qualitative changes occurred in the union decline. First, net gains from certification (less decertification) elections fell to insignificant levels, tending to accelerate the union decline. On…more

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• Working Paper No. 37
  May 10, 1990

  What Happened to the Corporate Profit Tax?

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  The radical reorientation of the federal budget during the 1980s provided generously for military expansion at the expense of pressing social needs. In the wake of such dramatic upheavals, the…more

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• Working Paper No. 36
  April 10, 1990

  The Microeconomics of Monopoly Power

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  The purpose of this paper is to outline a consistent microeconomic theory of the firm based on the concept of monopoly power. It builds on the heritage of Post Keynesian…more

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• Working Paper No. 34
  January 01, 1990

  The Determinants of US Foreign Production

  Thomas Karier
  Abstract

  Based on an analysis of industry by region data the author finds little evidence that U.S. unions have been a significant factor in the decision of U.S. firms to produce…more

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