Tracking Alcohol: Economics of Excise Taxes

[Slides]Tracking Alcohol: Economics of Excise Taxes – Peter Evangelakis, REMI

[Recording]Tracking Alcohol: Economics of Excise Taxes – Peter Evangelakis, REMI

New York State lawmakers are weighing new regulations related to the supply of liquor and wine sold in the state – with the goal of better tracking distribution and cutting down on excise tax avoidance.

Please join REMI Senior Economist Peter Evangelakis, Ph.D. for his webinar on Wednesday, May 29th from 2 to 3 p.m. (ET) when he will present “Tracking Alcohol: Economics of Excise Taxes” – a look at the revenue and economic impacts from improved excise tax collection.

Proposed legislation would mandate that all wine and liquor sold in New York State come from a primary American source of supply – the original manufacturer or the next closest source in the supply chain, such as another manufacturer or bottler or the authorized exclusive agent. The changes would help the state trace alcohol back to a wholesaler that would pay excise taxes, while also preventing bootlegging.

For this webinar, Dr. Evangelakis will review the current challenges, the proposed changes, and the economic implications. REMI evaluated the potential increase in combined New York State and New York City alcohol excise tax revenue, along with the related effects on employment, income, and Gross State Product. He will explore these findings and describe the economic modeling methodologies behind the analysis.

Cutting State Taxes: Dynamic Fiscal Analysis in Arkansas

[Slides]Cutting State Taxes: Dynamic Fiscal Analysis in Arkansas – Peter Evangelakis, REMI

[Recording]Cutting State Taxes: Dynamic Fiscal Analysis in Arkansas – Peter Evangelakis, REMI

Taxes may be inevitable, but how they are applied to businesses and individuals can always be adjusted at the local, state, and national levels.

Please feel free to join Senior Economist Peter Evangelakis, Ph.D. for a REMI webinar presentation, “Cutting State Taxes: Dynamic Fiscal Analysis in Arkansas,” on Wednesday, July 24th from 2 to 3 p.m. (ET) that provides an overview of dynamic fiscal notes and how they can be used to analyze changes in tax policy.

REMI worked with the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research to produce fiscal notes for the state’s various personal and corporate income tax proposals. The analysis was conducted in order to help identify the most beneficial option for the citizens and businesses of Arkansas, while also understanding the full impact on the state’s coffers.

This analysis used REMI’s Tax-PI model to assess the economic, demographic, and fiscal impacts associated with altering tax collection strategies in the Natural State. These kinds of assessments could benefit states looking to revise their current tax structures in the hopes of addressing problem areas and locating new opportunities for growth.

Dr. Evangelakis’s discussion also includes an explanation of the REMI model and the methodologies implemented in this collaborative examination of economic outcomes and potential revenue approaches.

Michael Wilkerson & Marley Buchman – Housing Underproduction in California: Economic, Fiscal, and Environmental Impact of Enabling Transit-Oriented Smart Growth to Address California’s Housing Affordability Challenge

[Slides]Housing Underproduction in California: Economic, Fiscal, and Environmental Impact of Enabling Transit-Oriented Smart Growth – Michael Wilkerson & Marley Buchman, ECONorthwest

[Recording]Housing Underproduction in California: Economic, Fiscal, and Environmental Impact of Enabling Transit-Oriented Smart Growth – Michael Wilkerson & Marley Buchman, ECONorthwest

The new millennium has presented a variety of challenges for the housing market as the industry bounced from bubble to crisis. States and regions may have survived those housing hurdles initially, but the residual effects of those problems have created new obstacles for experts to overcome.

Please feel free to join REMI for a guest webinar that will be presented by Michael Wilkerson, Ph.D., Project Director and Senior Economist at ECONorthwest, and Marley Buchman, an Economist at ECONorthwest, on Wednesday, July 10th from 2 to 3 p.m. (ET).

Their discussion, “Housing Underproduction in California: Economic, Fiscal, and Environmental Impact of Enabling Transit-Oriented Smart Growth to Address California’s Housing Affordability Challenge,” explores the recent study conducted by the Up for Growth National Coalition and ECONorthwest that analyzed the historic relationship between housing and transportation costs.

Households are feeling the pressure as home prices and monthly rents increase and they are required to pay more of their income toward housing and transit. The authors of the report estimated the impacts that different types of housing development patterns would have on home prices, GDP, jobs, taxes, population migration, and vehicle emissions if cities and states hadn’t under-produced housing from 2000-2015.

The key findings and methodologies implemented in this assessment of California’s housing industry will be described by Dr. Wilkerson and Mr. Buchman.

You can also view the full report on Up for Growth’s website by clicking here.