Publications
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No. 106 – A Guide to Classical Liberal Think Tanks
Publication -Policy Studies -Philanthropists who want to make the world a better place to live have many choices of worthy groups and causes. -
The Costs, Benefits, and Regulation of Prescription Drugs
Publication -Research and Commentaries -A 54-page collection of essays addressing prescription drug regulation, first assembled for distribution to state attorneys general and speakers at a January 2005 Presidential Initiative Meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Chicago. -
10 Principles of School Choice
Publication -Legislative Principles -Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled school vouchers are constitutional in 2002, grassroots activists around the country have been organizing to support passage of school choice programs. -
Ten Principles of School Choice
Publication -Legislative Principles -Since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled school vouchers are constitutional in 2002, grassroots activists around the country have been organizing to support passage of school choice programs. -
No. 105 Municipally Owned Broadband Networks: A Critical Evaluation (Revised Edition)
Publication -Policy Studies -This analysis, revised and updated to reflect national and local changes during the past two years, finds the case for municipal ownership of broadband networks is even weaker than it was then. -
No. 103 – Packer Ownership of Hogs: Economic and Political Ramifications
Publication -Policy Studies -Should meat packers be allowed to own livestock, and hogs in particular? The issue deeply divides farm communities and both political parties in many Midwest states. -
Amicus Brief: Parker v. District of Columbia
Publication -Policy Studies -The Heartland Institute filed an amicus brief with the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia urging that court to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in the Heller gun case. -
No. 102 – Greenhouse Gas Control: Implications for Agriculture
Publication -Policy Studies -Legislation is being considered at the federal and state levels to slow the onset or ameliorate the effects of global warming. -
State Fiscal Constraints and Higher Education Spending: The Role of Medicaid and the Business Cycle
Publication -Policy Studies -The more states spend on Medicaid, the less they spend on higher education. -
The Right Tool for the Job? An analysis of Tax Increment Financing (Summary)
Publication -Policy Studies -Tax Increment Financing (TIF) is an economic development tool that uses the expected growth (or increment) in property tax revenues from a designated geographic area of a municipality to finance bonds used to pay for goods and services calculated to spur -
The Right Tool for the Job? An analysis of Tax Increment Financing: Volume 2 – Case Studies
Publication -Policy Studies -Evaluations of TIF typically focus only on the number of new jobs thought to be created in the TIF district and how much property values rose. Such evaluations overlook what happens to community residents and to areas surrounding the TIF district. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis: 37 State-Specific Tables
Publication -Policy Studies -State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (summary html)
Publication -Policy Studies -This is a summary of Joseph L. Bast, James M. Taylor, J.D., and Jay Lehr, Ph.D., “State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis,” Heartland Policy Study #101 (Chicago, IL: The Heartland Institute, February 2003). -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (summary pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28.6 percent of an average state government’s entire 2001 revenues. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis
Publication -Policy Studies -State greenhouse gas programs aimed at reducing emissions to 7 percent less than 1990 levels could cost the average state government $3.2 billion in direct expenses and lost revenues, or 28. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation The real goal of environmental activists calling for greenhouse gas programs is to reduce emission to at least 7 percent below 1990 levels, the Kyoto Protocol goal. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis – Summary (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation Economic activity migrates from countries and states that impose emission controls to those that do not, since the latter now have lower energy costs and/or fewer regulatory burdens. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation The real goal of environmental activists calling for greenhouse gas programs is to reduce emission to at least 7 percent below 1990 levels, the Kyoto Protocol goal. -
No. 101 – State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis – Summary (ppt)
Publication -Policy Studies -Download PowerPoint presentation Economic activity migrates from countries and states that impose emission controls to those that do not, since the latter now have lower energy costs and/or fewer regulatory burdens. -
No. 100 Municipally Owned Broadband Networks: A Critical Evaluation
Publication -Policy Studies -For the past two years, city officials from the Tri-Cities have been discussing ways to improve telecommunications services – telephone and cable as well as Internet access. -
No. 100 Municipally Owned Broadband Networks: A Critical Evaluation
Publication -Policy Studies -For the past two years, city officials from the Tri-Cities have been discussing ways to improve telecommunications services – telephone and cable as well as Internet access. -
No. 100 Municipally Owned Broadband Networks: A Critical Evaluation
Publication -Policy Studies -For the past two years, city officials from the Tri-Cities have been discussing ways to improve telecommunications services – telephone and cable as well as Internet access. -
New Source Review: An Evaluation of EPA’s Reform Recommendations
Publication -Policy Studies -The Heartland Institute produced this study in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s June 13, 2002 recommendations for New Source Review reform and the very negative evaluations being reported in the news from anti-market environmental groups. -
No. 99 – New Source Review: An Evaluation of EPA’s Reform Recommendations
Publication -Policy Studies -Policy Study (pdf) -- On June 13, 2002, the Environmental Protection Agency released New Source Review: Report to the President, describing the need to reform that part of the Clean Air Act regulating emissions from new or substantially modified