Publications
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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 -
No. 97 – Dreams, Plans, and Reality: A Critique of Chicago Metropolis 2020
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) Chicago Metropolis 2020, produced in 1999 by the Commercial Club, attempts to tell us who should do what to make the metropolitan area a more nearly ideal place. -
Comments on Microsoft Settlement to U.S. Department of Justice
Publication -Testimony -This comment was one of some 30,000 submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice arguing for and against acceptance of a Final Judgment resolving an antitrust case against Microsoft Corporation. It was one of only 47 letters forwarded by DOJ to the U.S. -
No. 96 Fiscal Impact of Proposed Tuition Tax Credits for the State of New Jersey
Publication -Policy Studies -This study reports the results of an independent examination of the likely fiscal impact of two proposed tuition tax credit plans for New Jersey. -
No. 96 Fiscal Impact of Proposed Tuition Tax Credits for the State of New Jersey
Publication -Policy Studies -This study reports the results of an independent examination of the likely fiscal impact of two proposed tuition tax credit plans for New Jersey. -
No. 93 – Effects of Impact Fees on the Suburban Chicago Housing Market
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) Appendices (pdf) Municipalities in suburban Chicago impose fees ranging from $2,223 to $8,942 on new four-bedroom homes. -
No. 91 Extending Affordable Health Insurance to the Uninsurable
Publication -Policy Studies -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.--about 1 percent of the population--suffer from pre-existing medical conditions making it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
No. 91 Extending Affordable Health Insurance to the Uninsurable
Publication -Policy Studies -Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S.--about 1 percent of the population--suffer from pre-existing medical conditions making it likely their future medical expenses will be extremely high. -
No. 90 The Cost of Merger Delay in Restructuring Industries
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick LinksPolicy Study (pdf)Regulatory review of proposed mergers causes an average delay of 94 days in nonregulated industries and an additional 92 days in regulated industries. -
No. 90 The Cost of Merger Delay in Restructuring Industries
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick LinksPolicy Study (pdf)Regulatory review of proposed mergers causes an average delay of 94 days in nonregulated industries and an additional 92 days in regulated industries. -
No. 88 Whither Wilderness? How Much Is Enough?
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick LinksPolicy Study (pdf)Increasing wilderness area "set-asides" is seen by many to be the best way to ensure the future well-being of both the land and humanity. -
No. 87 The Kyoto Protocol and U.S. Agriculture
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick LinksPolicy Study (pdf)Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming would require taxes on fossil fuel equivalent to between 25 cents and 68 cents per gallon. -
No. 86 Should EPA Cost-Benefit Analyses Be Conducted by Independent Experts? The GLI as a Case Study
Publication -Policy Studies -Quick Links Policy Study (pdf) In 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its Great Lakes Initiative, increasing the stringency of pollution controls across the Great Lakes basin. -
No. 85 Sports Stadium Madness
Publication -Policy Studies -Taxpayer subsidies to professional sports teams amount to some $500 million a year. -
State Constitutional Reforms: Recent Experiences
Publication -Research and Commentaries -This document authored by Janice C. May highlights various constitutional reform efforts in the decade of the 1990's.Term limits on state legislators were just one of many popular reforms considered during the decade. -
No. 83 The States vs. The Tobacco Industry: Smoke and Assorted Mirrors (full text – pdf)
Publication -Policy Studies -Between 1994 and 1997, more than twenty state attorneys general have filed lawsuits against major tobacco companies seeking reimbursements for the billions of dollars paid by state governments through Medicaid and other programs dealing with the -
No. 82 Local Property Tax-Based Funding of Public Schools
Publication -Policy Studies -The best and most stable method of providing public schools is a system where schools are organized into small districts and most funding is derived from local property taxes. -
No. 82 Local Property Tax-Based Funding of Public Schools
Publication -Policy Studies -The best and most stable method of providing public schools is a system where schools are organized into small districts and most funding is derived from local property taxes.